Etymograph

English

illiterately

From illiterate + -ly.

A compound of illiterate + -ly

Latin littera ‘letter’

Latin litterātus ‘furnished with letters’

Latin illīterātus ‘unlearned, ignorant’

Middle English illiterat(e) ‘uneducated, ignorant of Latin’

English illiterate

Today it means

adv In an illiterate manner.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / illiterately