Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

transliterate

 

to change letters or words into the corresponding letters or words of another language

 

After only a few hours of study, one is able to transliterate Greek letters and characters into English letters; however, it takes most people years to acquire a fluency in translating Greek into English.

 

Related English word: transliteration

 

Latin root word: littera, litterae, f. - letter (of the alphabet); in plural, letter (epistle), letters

 

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