myEtymology.com: English etymology of nonliterate

Etymology of the English word nonliterate

the English word nonliterate

derived from the English word literate

derived from the Latin word litteratus (learned, cultured, erudite; marked, branded, tattooed w)

derived from the Humanistic Latin word littera (letter; letter, epistle)

derived from the Etruscan word littera

derived from the Greek word diphthera, διφθέρα, διϕϑέρα (skin, leather, hide)

using the English prefix non-

Word found in Modern English