The Spanish word 'escrito' (meaning 'written') comes from the Latin word 'scriptus', which was the past participle of the Latin verb 'scribere' meaning 'to write'. When Latin evolved into Spanish, 'scribere' became 'escribir', and its past participle 'scriptus' developed into 'escrito'. Notice how Spanish added an 'e-' at the beginning to make the 'scr-' cluster easier to pronounce, a common pattern in Spanish words derived from Latin words beginning with 's + consonant'.

The Spanish verb 'escribir' (to write) is directly related to 'escrito', as 'escrito' is its past participle. Other related Spanish words include 'escritor' (writer), 'escritorio' (desk), and 'escritura' (writing), all of which share the same Latin root 'scribere'.

Many English words are related to 'escrito' through the same Latin root 'scribere'. Some common examples include 'script' (which preserves the Latin form almost exactly), 'scribe', 'describe', 'prescribe', 'subscribe', and 'transcribe'. The word 'write' itself, however, comes from a different Germanic root.