Where does “intuition” come from?

intuition (French) comes from Latin intuitio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

intuition (French): intuition; intuition, hunch; premonition

Definitions

intuition; intuition, hunch; premonition

Ancestry of “intuition”, step by step

intuition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin intuitio

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	intuitio	a looking at, immediate cognition
2	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
3	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
4	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
5	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
6	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7	Latin	calceus	shoe
8	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
9	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Medieval Latin intuitio

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Medieval Latin	intuitio	a looking at, immediate cognition
2	Latin	intueri	present active infinitive of intueor; to intuit;...
3	Ancient Greek	-ισμός	Forms abstract nouns
4	Ancient Greek	-μός	Forms abstract nouns
5	Proto-Indo-European	-mós	Creates action/result nouns from verb stems

Words derived from “intuition”

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →