Where does “litera” come from?

litera (Spanish) comes from Catalan llitera, from Latin lectuaria, from Latin -āria, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

litera (Spanish): bunk; bunk bed; berth, couchette

Definitions

bunk; bunk bed; berth, couchette

Ancestry of “litera”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Catalan	llitera	litter, stretcher; gurney; bunk
2	Latin	lectuaria	nominative feminine singular of lectuārius;...
3	Latin	-āria	used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in
4	Latin	-ārius	er
5	Proto-Italic	*-āzios	Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “litera”

litera

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin -āria →