Where does “IQcel” come from?

IQcel (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...

IQcel (English): A person regarded as lacking intelligence despite claiming to have a high IQ

Definitions

  1. A person regarded as lacking intelligence despite claiming to have a high IQ

Ancestry of “IQcel”, step by step

IQcel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English IQ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishIQInitialism of intelligence quotient; Initialism...
2GermanIntelligenzquotientintelligence quotient
3GermanIntelligenzintelligence
4LatinintelligentiaAlternative form of intellegentia
5Latinintelligēns
6Latinintellegōto understand, comprehend, realize, come to know
7Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
8Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
9Proto-Italiclēg-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English cel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcelA piece of celluloid on which has been drawn a...
2EnglishcelibateNot married; Abstaining from sexual relations and...
3English-atehaving the specified thing; characterized by the...
4English-cyUsed to form nouns of state, condition or quality...
5Anglo-Norman-cie
6Latin-tiaoffice, rank
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-