illiterate的词源

英文词源

illiterate (adj.)

early 15c., "uneducated, unable to read (originally of Latin)," from Latin illiteratus "unlearned, unlettered, ignorant; without culture, inelegant," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + literatus, literally "furnished with letters" (see literate). Rendered in Old English as unstæfwis. As a noun meaning "illiterate person" from 1620s. Hence, illiterati (1788).

中文词源

illiterate：不能读写的，文盲的

il-,不，非，literate,能读写的，有知识的。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：illiterate 词源，illiterate 含义。

illiterate：文盲的，未受教育的

词根词缀： il-非 + -liter-文字,字母 + -ate形容词词尾