'adscript' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'adscribere,' where 'ad-' meant 'to' and 'scribere' meant 'write.'

'adscribere' transformed into the Medieval Latin word 'adscriptus,' and eventually became the modern English word 'adscript.'

Initially, it meant 'to write to or add to,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a person bound to a service or estate.'