What is the etymology of literature?

From the late 14th. century, from Latin lit(t)eratura "learning, writing, grammar," originally "writing formed with letters," from lit(t)era "letter."

The etymology of etymology is from the greek etumologia which means "true sense of a word"

There is no difference, except that one is capitalized in the beginning, in the way you wrote it.

"The Literature of Knowledge and the Literature of Power" is the title of an 1848 essay by Thomas de Quincey, a 19th century British author best known for "Confessions of an English Opium Eater." In...

In an academic setting, the term "literature" means that a work is a classic one worthy of inclusion in the Canon or worthy of scholarly study. It is not necessary to capitalize the term. The term...