man·u·script
(m
n
y
-skr
pt
)
KEY
NOUN:
- A book, document, or other composition written by hand.
- A typewritten or handwritten version of a book, an article, a document, or other work, especially the author's own copy, prepared and submitted for publication in print.
- Handwriting.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Medieval Latin
man
scr
ptum, from neuter of
manscrptus,
handwritten : Latin
man, ablative of
manus,
hand; see
man-
2 in Indo-European roots + Latin
scrptus, past participle of
scrbere,
to write; see
skrbh- in Indo-European roots
