Word: preliteracy
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pre
li
ter
a
cy
Definition: The period before literacy, when a person or culture has not yet learned to read and write.
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; earlier in time.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: literate
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Able to read and write; having literacy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: littera
Language: la
Decoded: littera
PoS: Noun
Meaning: letters, knowledge of literature, learning, scholarship
Affix: -tus
Language: la
Decoded: -tus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms adjectives having the sense "provided with".
Affix: -cy
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality e.g. obstinacy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -cia
Language: la
Decoded: -cia
Meaning: -cia