transcribe
to copy speech or writing into another form
Roots
- scrib / script: write, draw, or mark
- trans-: across, through, or beyond
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
Trans gives across and scrib gives write. Transcribe carries words across into writing or another copy.
She transcribed the interview before looking for patterns.