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Where does “intelligent” come from?

intelligent (Danish) comes from French intelligent, from Latin intelligēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

intelligent (Danish): intelligent

Definitions

  1. intelligent

Ancestry of “intelligent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintelligentintelligent
2Latinintelligēns—
3Latinintellegō—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “intelligent”

  • uintelligent
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