Where does “intelligent designer” come from?
intelligent designer (English) comes from English designer, from English design, from Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin dēsignō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
intelligent designer (English): A proponent of the intelligent design hypothesis
Definitions
- A proponent of the intelligent design hypothesis
Ancestry of “intelligent designer”, step by step
intelligent designer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English designer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | designer | A person who designs something, or who designs... |
| 2 | English | design | A specification of an object or process,... |
| 3 | Middle English | designen | — |
| 4 | Old French | designer | — |
| 5 | Latin | dēsignō | to mark |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via English intelligent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intelligent | Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity,... |
| 2 | Middle French | intelligent | — |
| 3 | Latin | intelligēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | intellegō | to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |