'transcript' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'transcriptum,' where 'trans-' meant 'across' and 'scribere' meant 'to write.'

'transcriptum' transformed into the Old French word 'transcrit,' and eventually became the modern English word 'transcript' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'something written across,' but over time it evolved into its current meanings of 'written record' and 'academic record.'