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It comes from Latin littera, which meant "letter" (both an alphabetical character and an epistle), and by extension literature. We still use the expression "letters" today to mean the humanities or literature in general.

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15y ago

it means letter. examples are illiterate literate literature and literal

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11y ago
ROOT WORD OF LITERACYliter-acy=literacy

LITER IS THE ROOT WORD

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6y ago

lit is a slang term for something that's dope or really cool

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11y ago

It means Letter -Julia~

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