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Where does “superintelligent” come from?

superintelligent (English) comes from English intelligent, from Middle French intelligent, from Latin intelligēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

superintelligent (English): Having remarkable intelligence

Definitions

  1. Having remarkable intelligence

Ancestry of “superintelligent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintelligentOf high or especially quick cognitive capacity,...
2Middle Frenchintelligent—
3Latinintelligēns—
4Latinintellegō—
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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