Where does “literatuur” come from?
literatuur (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch literatuur, from French littérature, from Latin litterātūra, from Latin littera, from Latin lītera, from Old Latin leitera, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
literatuur (Afrikaans): literature
Ancestry of “literatuur”, step by step