From Latin 'manus' (hand) + 'scribere' (to write) — coined after printing made handwritten texts the exception.
A text written by hand, especially one written before the invention of printing; more broadly, an author's original text submitted for publication.
From Medieval Latin 'manuscriptum,' the neuter past participle of 'manuscribere' (to write by hand), compounding 'manus' (hand) and 'scribere' (to write). Latin 'manus' derives from Proto-Indo-European *man- (hand), and 'scribere' from PIE *skrībʰ- (to cut, scratch, incise), reflecting the original technique of scratching marks into surfaces. The term was introduced to distinguish handwritten texts from the newly