literal的词源

英文词源

literal (adj.)

late 14c., "taking words in their natural meaning" (originally in reference to Scripture and opposed to mystical or allegorical), from Old French literal and directly from Late Latin literalis/litteralis "of or belonging to letters or writing," from Latin litera/littera "letter, alphabetic sign; literature, books" (see letter (n.1)). Meaning "of or pertaining to alphabetic letters" is from late 15c. Sense of "verbally exact" is attested from 1590s, as is application to the primary sense of a word or passage. Literal-minded is attested from 1791.

中文词源

literal：字面意思的

来自拉丁语litera,书写，字母，词源同letter.引申词义字面意思的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：literal 词源，literal 含义。

literal：字母的；文字的，字面的；确定的，不夸张的

词根词缀： -liter-文字,字母 + -al