Etymology of the English word oracy
the English word
oracyderived from the English word
oralderived from the Late Latin word
oralis (oral)
derived from the Latin word
os (oris, mouth; bone; bones; mouth, speech, expression)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*os-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ost-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ōs-derived from the English word
literacyderived from the English word
literatederived 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
litteraderived from the Greek word
diphthera, διφθέρα, διϕϑέρα (skin, leather, hide)
using the English suffix
-acyUsage
Word found in Modern English
