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Where does “intellektuell” come from?

intellektuell (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

intellektuell (Norwegian Bokmål): intellectual

Definitions

  1. intellectual

Ancestry of “intellektuell”, step by step

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