Where does “unintelligibility” come from?
unintelligibility (English) comes from English intelligibility, from English intelligible, from Middle French intelligible, from Latin intelligibilis, from Latin intellegibilis, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
unintelligibility (English): The quality or condition of being unintelligible;...
Definitions
- The quality or condition of being unintelligible;...
Ancestry of “unintelligibility”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intelligibility | That which is intelligible; the degree to which... |
| 2 | English | intelligible | Capable of being understood; clear to the mind |
| 3 | Middle French | intelligible | intelligible |
| 4 | Latin | intelligibilis | Alternative form of intellegibilis |
| 5 | Latin | intellegibilis | understandable, intelligible; perceivable |
| 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... |