Word Parts - liter

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liter : From Latin letter

illiterate - someone who is unable to read and write; obliterate - destroy, erase something so that nothing remains; to abolish; heteroliteral - marked by the substitution of one letter for another in pronouncing words; illiteracy - lack of ability to read and write.

And for you:

transliteration, alliterate, alliteration, literacy, obliteration, obliterative, transliterate, obliterator, illiterateness, letter, alliterative.

Source: English-Word Information, Word Info About English Vocabulary