Liter

Morpheme

Liter

Type

bound base

Denotation

letter

Etymology

Latin lītera

Evidence

alliteration, alliterative, biliteral, illiterate, literacy, literal, literalism, literalist, literally, literalness, literary, literate, literati, literatim, literature, nonliteral, obliterate, preliterate, transliteration, triliteral, uniliteral, unobliterated

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

See Also

Letter