Etymology

detur

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Today it means: A prize consisting of a book given to a meritorious sophomore student. The official name is the Detur Prize or Detur Book Prize Full definition →

Latin detur
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdetur“let it be given”
  2. English todaydetur

Borrowed from Latin detur (“let it be given”).

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