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scrivener

The origin and history of scrivener.

Etymology

Came from Middle English scryvener, an alteration of scryveyn, from Anglo-Norman scrivein ("professional penman, copyist"), from Old French escrivain, from Vulgar Latin *scriba, *scribanem, from Latin scriba, from scrībō ("to write").

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