Where does “Literatur” come from?
Literatur (German) 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,...
Literatur (German): literature
Definitions
- literature
Ancestry of “Literatur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | literatuur | literature |
| 2 | French | littérature | literature |
| 3 | Latin | litterātūra | lettering; alphabet |
| 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,... |
Words derived from “Literatur”
- Sachliteratur
- Emigrantenliteratur
- Erbauungsliteratur
- Fachliteratur
- Gebrauchsliteratur
- Gegenwartsliteratur
- Literaturkritik
- Comicliteratur
- Exilliteratur
- Kaffeehausliteratur
- Kinderliteratur
- Literaturpapst
- Literaturpreis
- Literatursprache
- Literaturwissenschaftler
- Nationalliteratur
- Science-Fiction-Literatur
- literatura
- faglitteratur