Where does “antiliteratura” come from?
antiliteratura (Portuguese) comes from Romanian literatură, 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,...
antiliteratura (Portuguese): antiliterature
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- antiliterature
Ancestry of “antiliteratura”, step by step
antiliteratura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian literatură
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | literatură | 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,... |
via Portuguese literatura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | literatura | literature |