Writ
Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write.
wiktionary
From Middle English writ, iwrit, ȝewrit, from Old English writ(“letter, book, treatise; scripture, writing; writ, charter, document, deed”) and ġewrit(“writing, something written, written language; written character, bookstave; inscription; orthography; written statement, passage from a book; official or formal document, document; law, jurisprudence; regulation; list, catalog; letter; text of an agreement; writ, charter, deed; literary writing, book, treatise; books dealing with a subject under notice; a book of the Bible; scripture, canonical book, the Scriptures; stylus”), from Proto-Germanic *writą(“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī-(“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ(“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit(“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).
etymonline
writ (n.)
Old English writ "something written, piece of writing," from the past participle stem of writan (see write). Used of legal documents or instruments at least since 1121.
