Where does “Eye-Q” come from?
Eye-Q (English) 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...
Eye-Q (English): A score measuring knowledge about eyes or vision
Definitions
- A score measuring knowledge about eyes or vision
Ancestry of “Eye-Q”, step by step
Eye-Q traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English IQ
| 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... |
via English Eye
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Eye | A place name |
| 2 | English | -some | Characterized by some specific condition or... |
| 3 | Middle English | -som | some; having a specific quality |
| 4 | Old English | sum | some |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sum | some |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sumaz | some (one), a certain (one) |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |