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litter

/ˈlɪtə/LIH-tur
/ˈlɪtɚ/LIH-tur

Meaningbed

Common meaning: rubbish scattered in a place

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√LAGH‘lie down’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 318, p. 741 · scan
  2. Latinlectus‘bed’source
  3. Late Latindectaria‘portable bed’source
  4. Old Frenchlitiere‘portable bed or straw bedding’source
  5. Middle Englishliteresource
  6. Englishmeaning shiftsportable bed or straw bedding → rubbish scattered in a placelitter‘rubbish scattered in a place’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin lectus ‘bed’.

Roots

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