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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdesignerA person who designs something, or who designs...
2EnglishdesignA specification of an object or process,...
3Middle Englishdesignen
4Old Frenchdesigner
5Latindēsignōto mark
6Latindē-of; from
7Latinof; concerning; about
8Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
9Latinposteablative singular of postis
10Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via English intelligent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintelligentOf high or especially quick cognitive capacity,...
2Middle Frenchintelligent
3Latinintelligēns
4Latinintellegōto understand, comprehend, realize, come to know
5Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
6Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
7Proto-Italiclēg-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós