Where does “literatim” come from?

literatim (English) comes from Latin litterātim, 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,...

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Ancestry of “literatim”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	litterātim	literatim, letter by letter, letter for letter
2	Latin	littera	a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,...
3	Latin	lītera	—
4	Old Latin	leitera	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	h₂leyH-	to smear
6	Proto-Indo-European	leyh₂-	to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

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