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Where does “inintelligible” come from?

inintelligible (French) comes from French intelligible, from Latin intelligibilis, from Latin intellegibilis, 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...

inintelligible (French): unintelligible

Definitions

  1. unintelligible

Ancestry of “inintelligible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintelligibleintelligible
2LatinintelligibilisAlternative form of intellegibilis
3Latinintellegibilisunderstandable, intelligible; perceivable
4Latinintellegō—
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “inintelligible”

  • inintelligiblement
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