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@article{1549101, author = {Blažek, Václav}, article_number = {2}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GLB2018-2-1}, keywords = {Latin; Etruscan; Greek; Semitic; etymology; letter; script; linen cloth}, language = {eng}, issn = {1803-7402}, journal = {Graeco-Latina Brunensia}, title = {Toward the Etymology of Latin littera}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/138767}, volume = {23}, year = {2018} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1549101 AU - Blažek, Václav PY - 2018 TI - Toward the Etymology of Latin littera JF - Graeco-Latina Brunensia VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 5-11 EP - 5-11 SN - 18037402 KW - Latin KW - Etruscan KW - Greek KW - Semitic KW - etymology KW - letter KW - script KW - linen cloth UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/138767 L2 - http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/138767 N2 - In the present contribution the Latin word littera is anylazed from the point of view of etymology. First, the previous relevant etymological attempts are discussed. If none of them is convincing enough to exclude doubts, a new etymology is proposed. It is based on supposition that the script may also be named according to material, here namely “linen cloth”, really used in the ancient Mediterranean world. A source of Latin littera could be Greek acc.sg. *líta “linen cloth”, mediated to Romans via Etruscans, adding the plural in -er-. ER -
BLAŽEK, Václav. Toward the Etymology of Latin littera. \textit{Graeco-Latina Brunensia}. 2018, roč.~23, č.~2, s.~5-11. ISSN~1803-7402. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GLB2018-2-1.
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