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Where does “intelligence” come from?

intelligence (Italian) comes from English intelligence, from Middle English intelligence, from Old French intelligence, from Latin intelligentia, from Latin intelligēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

intelligence (Italian): A political or military department, agency or...

Definitions

  1. A political or military department, agency or...

Ancestry of “intelligence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintelligenceCapacity of mind, especially to understand...
2Middle Englishintelligence—
3Old Frenchintelligencecomprehension; meaning; ability to comprehend
4LatinintelligentiaAlternative form of intellegentia
5Latinintelligēns—
6Latinintellegō—
7Latinlegō—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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