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Where does “leugenliteratuur” come from?

leugenliteratuur (Dutch) 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,...

leugenliteratuur (Dutch): genre of fantastic, rocambolesque literature

Definitions

  1. genre of fantastic, rocambolesque literature

Ancestry of “leugenliteratuur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchliteratuurliterature
2Frenchlittératureliterature
3Latinlitterātūra—
4Latinlitteraa letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,...
5Latinlītera—
6Old Latinleitera—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
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