Where does “intelligentness” come from?
intelligentness (English) comes from English intelligent, from Middle French intelligent, from Latin intelligēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
intelligentness (English): The quality of being intelligent; intelligence
Definitions
- The quality of being intelligent; intelligence
Ancestry of “intelligentness”, step by step
intelligentness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |