词根：-liter-

【词根含义】：文字,字母

【词根来源】：来源于拉丁语名词littera, litterae, f(字母)。

【同源单词】：illiterate, letter, literacy, literal, literally

前缀：il-, in-, ir-, im-

【词根含义】：不,无,非;入,向内

【词根来源】：(il-用于l前;im-用于b, m, p前;ir-用于r前;in-用于其它情况)   来源于拉丁语in。

【同源单词】：illegal, illegality, illegitimate, illiterate, illogical

词根词缀：-ate (to do)

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; to do, to make, to cause, or to act upon; to do something with

【同源单词】abbreviate, abdicate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerative, accentuate

词根词缀：in-1

【来源及含义】Latin: no, not [ig-, il-, im-, ir-]

【相关描述】This in-, "not", becomes i- before gn, as with "ignore"; il- before l, as with illiterate; im- before b, m; and p, as with imbalance, immiscible, impecunious; and ir- before r, as with irrefragable.

Don't confuse this Latin prefix, in-¹, meaning "not", with another Latin prefix in-² meaning "in, into, within, inside, on, toward" or with the prefix for English-origin words in-³ meaning "in, into; within".

【同源单词】ignorance, illiterate, imbalance, immaculate, immature, immovable

词根词缀：liter-

【来源及含义】Latin: letter; a graphic symbol, a written character, an alphabetic sign

【同源单词】ad literam, alliterate, alliteration, alliterative, alliteratively, functional illiterate