Where does “unintellectualism” come from?
unintellectualism (English) comes from English unintellectual, from English intellectual, from Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis, from Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
unintellectualism (English): An unintellectual approach or attitude
Definitions
- An unintellectual approach or attitude
Ancestry of “unintellectualism”, step by step
unintellectualism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unintellectual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unintellectual | Not intellectual; Not requiring the use of the... |
| 2 | English | intellectual | Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect;... |
| 3 | Old French | intellectuel | — |
| 4 | Latin | intellectualis | intellectual |
| 5 | Latin | intellēctus | understood; realized |
| 6 | Latin | intellegō | to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |