Where does “intellectualiser” come from?
intellectualiser (French) comes from French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis, from Latin intellēctus, 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...
intellectualiser (French): to intellectualize
Definitions
- to intellectualize
Ancestry of “intellectualiser”, step by step
intellectualiser traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French intellectuel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intellectuel | intellectual |
| 2 | Latin | intellectualis | intellectual |
| 3 | Latin | intellēctus | understood; realized |
| 4 | Latin | intellegō | to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |
via English intellectualise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intellectualise | — |