Etymology

subliterature

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Today it means: Inferior literature, such as pulp fiction. Full definition →

English literature ← Middle English literature ← Old French littérature
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The story

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Latinlittera
  5. Latinlitterātūra
  6. Old Frenchlittérature
  7. Middle Englishliterature
  8. Englishliterature
  9. English todaysubliterature

From sub- + literature.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.