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Where does “nonintellectual” come from?

nonintellectual (English) comes from English intellectual, from Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis, from Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

nonintellectual (English): Not intellectual; Not involving the intellect; A...

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  1. Not intellectual; Not involving the intellect; A...

Ancestry of “nonintellectual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintellectualPertaining to, or performed by, the intellect;...
2Old Frenchintellectuel—
3Latinintellectualisintellectual
4Latinintellēctus—
5Latinintellegō—
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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