Where does “ininteligível” come from?
ininteligível (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese inteligível, from Latin intelligibilis, from Latin intellegibilis, from Latin intellegō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
ininteligível (Portuguese): unintelligible not intelligible; not comprehensible
Definitions
- unintelligible not intelligible; not comprehensible
Ancestry of “ininteligível”, step by step
ininteligível traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese inteligível
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | inteligível | intelligible capable of being understood |
| 2 | Latin | intelligibilis | Alternative form of intellegibilis |
| 3 | Latin | intellegibilis | understandable, intelligible; perceivable |
| 4 | Latin | intellegō | to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |