Where does “illiterateness” come from?
illiterateness (English) comes from English illiterate, from Latin illitteratus, from Latin litteratus, from Latin littera, from Latin lītera, from Old Latin leitera, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
illiterateness (English): Quality of being illiterate
Definitions
- Quality of being illiterate
Ancestry of “illiterateness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | illiterate | Unable to read and write; Having less than an... |
| 2 | Latin | illitteratus | unlearned, uneducated, unscholarly; illiterate;... |
| 3 | Latin | litteratus | learned, educated, scholarly, literate; cultured,... |
| 4 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 5 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |