scrivano
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scrivano. Doublet of scrivener and escribano.
Noun
scrivano
- (archaic) A scribe or clerk.
Anagrams
- corvinas
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *scrībānem (with later change of declension), accusative of Latin *scrība, from Latin scrība (“writer, scribe”), with altered declension. Compare Occitan escrivan, French écrivain, Spanish escribano. Doublet of scriba, a borrowing.
Noun
scrivano m (plural scrivani)
- scribe
scrivano m (plural scrivani, feminine scrivana)
- clerk
Related terms
- scriba
- scrivere
- scrittore
- amanuense
Verb
scrivano
- third-person plural present subjunctive of scrivere
- third-person plural imperative of scrivere
Anagrams
- scarnivo, scornavi