## Etymology
From Latin proscriptus, past participle of proscribere ('to publish in writing, outlaw, condemn'), from pro- ('before, publicly') + scribere ('to write').

## AI Etymology
Proscript is from Latin proscriptus, past participle of proscribere ('to publish in writing, outlaw, condemn'), from pro- ('before, publicly') + scribere ('to write'). Important recorded forms include proscriptus (Latin), scribere (Latin), and *skreybʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a person who has been outlawed or condemned by proscription. The wider family includes related words such as proscribe, proscription, proscriptive, and prescript.

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