Where does “subliteratură” come from?

subliteratură (Romanian) 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,...

subliteratură (Romanian): subliterature

Definitions

  1. subliterature

Ancestry of “subliteratură”, step by step

subliteratură traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian literatură

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianliteraturăliterature
2Frenchlittératureliterature
3Latinlitterātūralettering; alphabet
4Latinlitteraa letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,...
5Latinlītera
6Old Latinleitera
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

via Romanian sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansubunder, below, beneath, underneath
2Latinsubtusbelow, underneath, beneath
3Latinsubunder, beneath; behind; at the feet of
4Proto-Italicsupounder
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂-
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