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Where does “intellettualista” come from?

intellettualista (Italian) comes from Italian intellettuale, 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...

intellettualista (Italian): intellectualist

Definitions

  1. intellectualist

Ancestry of “intellettualista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianintellettualeintellectual; cerebral, highbrow; intellectual,...
2Latinintellectualisintellectual
3Latinintellēctus—
4Latinintellegō—
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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