English

letterweight

From letter + weight.

A compound of letter + weight

Latin littera ‘letter of the alphabet; (plural) epistle’

Old French letre

Middle English letter

Proto-Germanic *wihtiz

Old English wiht

Middle English weight

Today it means

noun A paperweight (heavy object placed on paper to keep it from fluttering away).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / letterweight