Where does “letterdoku” come from?
letterdoku (English) comes from English letter, from Middle English letter, from Old French letre, 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,...
letterdoku (English): A variant of sudoku, where the number symbols are replaced by alphabetic letters
Definitions
- A variant of sudoku, where the number symbols are replaced by alphabetic letters
Ancestry of “letterdoku”, step by step
letterdoku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English letter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | letter | A symbol in an alphabet; A written or printed... |
| 2 | Middle English | letter | — |
| 3 | Old French | letre | letter |
| 4 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 5 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |
via Proto-Turkic doku-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | doku- | to weave |