Letter字母，书信

letter这个词来源于拉丁词littera，意思是”字母”，同linere(涂沫)可能是近亲。同出于littera一源的还有一些词，如literal(文字上的)，即”一个字母、一个字母地”;literature(文学);illiterate(文盲)，即”不识字母的”:”文人”，英语叫aliteraryman或amanofletters。

Littera的复数是litterae，意思是”书信”。当你把一个个字母写在一起时，你就写成了”书信”，因此letter还作”书信”解。

 

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