Where does “inintelligibilité” come from?
inintelligibilité (French) comes from French inintelligible, from French intelligible, from Latin intelligibilis, from Latin intellegibilis, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
inintelligibilité (French): unintelligibility
Definitions
- unintelligibility
Ancestry of “inintelligibilité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | inintelligible | unintelligible |
| 2 | French | intelligible | intelligible |
| 3 | Latin | intelligibilis | Alternative form of intellegibilis |
| 4 | Latin | intellegibilis | understandable, intelligible; perceivable |
| 5 | Latin | intellegō | to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |