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Where does “interintelligible” come from?

interintelligible (English) comes from English intelligible, from Middle French intelligible, from Latin intelligibilis, from Latin intellegibilis, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

interintelligible (English): Of a speech variety, able to be understood by...

Definitions

  1. Of a speech variety, able to be understood by...

Ancestry of “interintelligible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintelligibleCapable of being understood; clear to the mind
2Middle Frenchintelligibleintelligible
3LatinintelligibilisAlternative form of intellegibilis
4Latinintellegibilisunderstandable, intelligible; perceivable
5Latinintellegō—
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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