Where does “インテリ” come from?
インテリ (Japanese) comes from Russian интеллиге́нция, from Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia, from Latin intellegēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
インテリ (Japanese): intellectual; the intelligentsia
Definitions
- intellectual; the intelligentsia
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