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Where does “intelligentia” come from?

intelligentia (Latin) comes from Latin intelligēns, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

intelligentia (Latin): Alternative form of intellegentia

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of intellegentia

Ancestry of “intelligentia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintelligēns—
2Latinintellegō—
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “intelligentia”

  • intelligence
  • intelligentsia
  • counterintelligence
  • intelligencer
  • unintelligence
  • superintelligence
  • intelligential
  • intelligencing
  • nonintelligence
  • misintelligence
  • hyperintelligence
  • extelligence
  • cyberintelligence
  • intelligentially
  • intelligencelike
  • counter-intelligence
  • social media intelligence
  • intellighenzia
  • intelligence
  • intelligenza
  • интеллиге́нция
  • Intelligenz
  • intelligentsija
  • inintel·ligència
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