Latin

littera

‘letter’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin littera.

16 English words in this record descend from Latin littera, most familiar first.

• letter ← letre
• literally ← litteraly ← literal ← literal ← litterālis
• literature ← littérature ← literatura
• literary ← littéraire ← litterārius
• literal ← litteralis
• illiterate ← illiterat(e) ← illīterātus ← litterātus
• literate ← litterate ← lītterātus
• literati
• transliterate ← transliterātum ← trans
• litterateur ← litterātor
• triliteral
• antiliterature ← literature ← literature ← littérature ← litterātūra

More words from littera

• literatus
• literata
• literation
• quadriliteral

Etymograph / Latin littera