Where does “intelectual” come from?
intelectual (Romanian) comes from French intellectuel, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
intelectual (Romanian): intellectual
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Ancestry of “intelectual”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intellectuel | intellectual |
| 2 | Latin | intellectualis | intellectual |
| 3 | Latin | intellēctus | understood; realized |
| 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... |