liter
Old Irish
/ˈl͈ʲitʲer/
noun
Definitions
- letter of the alphabet
- in plural act of writing, (Christianity) written law
- letter, epistle, dispatch
- in plural books, histories
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin littera (letter, letter of the alphabet, epistle, in plural).
Origin
Latin
littera
Gloss
letter, letter of the alphabet, epistle, in plural
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- literation English
- littera Latin
- litteralis Latin
- litteratim Latin
- litterator Latin
- lettera Italian
- литера Russian
- letra Spanish, Castilian
- διφθέρα Ancient Greek
- διφθέρᾱ Ancient Greek
- transliterar Portuguese
- litera Polish
- ceannlitir Irish
- délitir Irish
- imlitir Irish
- litir Irish
- litirphreas Irish
- litrigh Irish
- túslitir Irish
- letre Old French
- lettre Old French
- litero Esperanto
- lletra Catalan, Valencian
- llythyr Welsh
- litera Latvian
- bogsa-litrichean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- litir Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- litrich Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- toll-litrichean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- aalettyragh Manx
- anlettyragh Manx
- block-lettyr Manx
- lettyr Manx
- lettyragh Manx
- lettyraght Manx
- lettyree Manx
- mee-lettyr Manx
- neulettyragh Manx
- neulettyraght Manx
- letra Old Portuguese
- літера Ukrainian
- letra Occitan
- літара Belarusian
- letra Romansh
- lletra Asturian
- letare Friulian
- littra Sicilian
- łétara Venetian
- lether Cornish
- lyther Cornish
- latera Dalmatian
- leitera Old Latin