Lexica → Word → letter
Letter | L |
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Letter name | el or ell |
Pronounciation | /ɛl/ |
Word: | letter |
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Pronounciation: | |
Century: | 12th |
DA Name: | letter |
Era: | C.E. |
Origin: | Original |
Type: | Official |
Source Language: | English |
Source Language Words: | |
Source Text: | |
Definition: | From 12th Century Latin litteræ English letter and French lettre meaning "official writing, epistle, note, literature". A deliberate corruption of the ancient pre 6th Century Latin littera "character of the alphabet". |