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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintelligenceCapacity of mind, especially to understand...
2Middle Englishintelligence—
3Old Frenchintelligencecomprehension; meaning; ability to comprehend
4LatinintelligentiaAlternative form of intellegentia
5Latinintelligēns—
6Latinintellegō—
7Latinlegō—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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