Etymograph

English

litura

Litura comes from Latin litūra ‘smearing, anointing’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂leyH-‘to smear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*linō‘to smear’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElinō‘to daub, besmear, anoint’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElitūra‘smearing, anointing’
  5. Englishtodaylitura

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂leyH-‘to smear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*linō‘to smear’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElinō‘to daub, besmear, anoint’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElitūra‘smearing, anointing’
  5. Englishtodaylitura

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ‘to smear’

lime, loam, 8 more

through Latin linō ‘to daub, besmear, anoint’

delete, deletion, indelible, dele, 7 more

Today it means

noun A spot growing paler at one end.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- / litura

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