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Where does “intelligensvæsen” come from?

intelligensvæsen (Danish) comes from Danish intelligens, from German Intelligenz, from Latin intelligentia, from Latin intelligēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

intelligensvæsen (Danish): intelligent being

Definitions

  1. intelligent being

Ancestry of “intelligensvæsen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishintelligensintelligence; intelligentsia; an intelligent...
2GermanIntelligenzintelligence
3LatinintelligentiaAlternative form of intellegentia
4Latinintelligēns—
5Latinintellegō—
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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