subscribe
to sign up for, support, or agree to
Roots
- scrib / script: write, draw, or mark
- sub-: under, below, or after
Other words with the scrib / script root
- ascribe: to attribute something to a cause or source
- circumscribe: to limit or draw around
- describe: to say or write what something is like
- inscribe: to write or carve onto something
- inscription: words written or carved onto a surface
- manuscript: a handwritten or typed draft of a text
- prescribe: to officially recommend or order
- proscribe: to forbid officially
Sub gives under and scrib gives write. Subscribe began with the image of writing underneath; now it means sign up, support, or agree.
He subscribed to the journal after reading one excellent essay.