Where does “intelligibly” come from?
Intelligibly derives from Middle French intelligiblement, from Latin intelligibilis meaning "able to be understood," built from intelligere "to understand" and the Latin adjective suffix -ibilis, with deeper roots in Proto-Germanic -līkaz and Proto-Indo-European ḱóm.
intelligibly (English): In an intelligible manner
Definitions
- In an intelligible manner
Ancestry of “intelligibly”, step by step