Where does “beletrie” come from?

beletrie (Czech) comes from French belles-lettres — fine writing; literature.

beletrie (Czech): fiction; belles-lettres

Definitions

  1. fiction; belles-lettres

Ancestry of “beletrie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbelles-lettresfine writing; literature
Every word from French belles-lettres →