Where does “intuition” come from?
Intuition comes from Middle French intuition, from Latin intuitio (a looking at), derived from Latin intueri (to look at), composed of Latin in (in) and Latin tueri (to look), with roots in Proto-Indo-European en, Proto-Italic en, and Proto-Indo-European h₁én (in).
intuition (English): Immediate cognition without the use of conscious...
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- Immediate cognition without the use of conscious...
Ancestry of “intuition”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | intuition | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | intuitio | a looking at, immediate cognition |
| 3 | Latin | intueor | I look at, upon or towards; I consider, regard,... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |