Where does “social media intelligence” come from?

social media intelligence (English) comes from English intelligence, from Middle English intelligence, from Old French intelligence, from Latin intelligentia, from Latin intelligēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

social media intelligence (English): Intelligence gathered from social media

Definitions

  1. Intelligence gathered from social media

Ancestry of “social media intelligence”, step by step

social media intelligence traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English intelligence

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintelligenceCapacity of mind, especially to understand...
2Middle EnglishintelligenceComprehension, intelligence; the ability to understand
3Old Frenchintelligencecomprehension; meaning; ability to comprehend
4LatinintelligentiaAlternative form of intellegentia
5Latinintelligēns
6Latinintellegōto understand, comprehend, realize, come to know
7Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
8Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
9Proto-Italiclēg-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via English social media

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsocial mediaInteractive forms of media that allow users to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-sEvery word from Proto-Italic lēg-
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