Where does “IQ” come from?
IQ (Chinese) comes from English IQ, from German Intelligenzquotient, from German Intelligenz, from Latin intelligentia, from Latin intelligēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
IQ (Chinese): IQ; intelligence quotient
Definitions
- IQ; intelligence quotient
Ancestry of “IQ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | IQ | Initialism of intelligence quotient; Initialism... |
| 2 | German | Intelligenzquotient | intelligence quotient |
| 3 | German | Intelligenz | intelligence |
| 4 | Latin | intelligentia | Alternative form of intellegentia |
| 5 | Latin | intelligēns | — |
| 6 | Latin | intellegō | to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |