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Where does “inteligencia” come from?

inteligencia (Spanish) comes from Latin intelligentia, 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...

inteligencia (Spanish): intelligence

Definitions

  1. intelligence

Ancestry of “inteligencia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinintelligentiaAlternative form of intellegentia
2Latinintelligēns—
3Latinintellegō—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “inteligencia”

  • ininteligencia
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