letter

(Inglés)

Frecuencia

A2
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈlɛtə/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”). Displaced Old English bōcstæf (literally “book staff”) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (literally “message writing”) in sense 2.

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