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Where does “entelektüel” come from?

entelektüel (Turkish) 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...

entelektüel (Turkish): intellectual

Definitions

  1. intellectual

Ancestry of “entelektüel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchintellectuelintellectual
2Latinintellectualisintellectual
3Latinintellēctus—
4Latinintellegō—
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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