Where does “intellectualization” come from?

intellectualization (English) comes from English intellectual, from Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis, from Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

intellectualization (English): The act or process of intellectualizing

Definitions

  1. The act or process of intellectualizing

Ancestry of “intellectualization”, step by step

intellectualization traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English intellectual

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintellectualPertaining to, or performed by, the intellect;...
2Old Frenchintellectuel
3Latinintellectualisintellectual
4Latinintellēctusunderstood; realized
5Latinintellegōto understand, comprehend, realize, come to know
6Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
7Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
8Proto-Italiclēg-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English ization

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishization

Words derived from “intellectualization

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-
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