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Where does “intelligere” come from?

intelligere (Latin) comes from Latin intellegere, from Latin intellego, from Latin lego, from Latin lex, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

intelligere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “intelligere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintellegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatinintellegoI understand, comprehend, realize, come to know;...
3LatinlegoI choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,...
4Latinlexa proposition or motion for a law made to the...
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “intelligere”

  • înțelegere
  • înțelege
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