Basic Forms:
* scribe: a person who writes, especially one employed to copy documents
* script: written text, especially for a play or film
* scripture: sacred writings, especially those of the Bible
Derived Forms:
* describe: to tell or write about something in detail
* inscribe: to write or carve words or symbols on something
* subscribe: to agree to receive something regularly, especially a publication
* prescribe: to order the use of a medicine or treatment
* transcribe: to make a written copy of something spoken or recorded
* superscribe: to write something on the surface of something else
* conscribe: to enroll someone for military service
* ascribe: to attribute something to a particular cause or person
* circumscribe: to restrict or limit something
* postscript: a note added at the end of a letter or document
* manuscript: a handwritten or typewritten document
* inscription: something that is written or engraved on something
* scribble: to write quickly and carelessly
* scrivener: a person who writes documents, especially legal ones
This is not an exhaustive list, but it shows the diversity of words derived from "scribere." The root also appears in many compound words, such as "postscript" and "transcript."