"Scroll" like the Ancients

       It's nice to find a word like "scroll" associated with computers.  It can make computers seem less imposingly modern and technological.  "Scrolling" text down a display screen, you are in touch with the ancients, who inscribed their scrolls of parchment or leather or papyrus with the symbols of commerce and religion of their time, and, not too coincidentally, preserved it for us.

       "Scroll" (the word) is a blend of Middle English rolle "roll" and scrowe from Old French escrowe "strip of parchment."  Amazing the storied backgrounds of language as well as language storage that pop out from the glowing rectangles of our desktops, laptops, tablets, and smart phones!

       "Scroll down," and smile.