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Where does “leitera” come from?

leitera (Old Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Ancestry of “leitera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “leitera”

  • letter
  • literature
  • literary
  • literally
  • literacy
  • literal
  • illiterate
  • literate
  • newsletter
  • illiteracy
  • literati
  • alliteration
  • letterhead
  • transliteration
  • literalism
  • letterpress
  • literalist
  • literalness
  • obliterans
  • letterbox
  • biliteracy
  • litterateur
  • preliterate
  • literariness
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