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Where does “beletro” come from?

beletro (Esperanto) comes from French belles-lettres — fine writing; literature.

beletro (Esperanto): belles-lettres

Definitions

  1. belles-lettres

Ancestry of “beletro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbelles-lettresfine writing; literature

Words derived from “beletro”

  • beletra
  • beletraĵo
  • beletristo
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