myEtymology.com: English etymology of subliterature

Etymology of the English word subliterature

the English word subliterature

derived from the English word literature

derived from the Old French word litterature

derived from the Latin word litteratura (alphabet, system of letters; writing; writing, literature; scholarship)

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)

derived from the Latin word litterae

derived from the French word literature

derived from the Latin word litteratura (alphabet, system of letters; writing; writing, literature; scholarship)

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)

derived from the Latin word litterae

using the English prefix sub-

derived from the Late Latin word sub (under)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *upo

Word found in Modern English