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American Heritage Dictionary: intellect
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
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- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Did intellect enter English through French or directly from Latin?
Both routes are published. American Heritage specifies Old French intellecte; Merriam-Webster permits Middle French or Latin. The displayed French route is probable, not exclusive.
Headword etymology: Old French intellectePublishes the specific French route.
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intellect → intellecte
Present-Day English → Old French · borrowing
- SOUND
- English intellect continues a medieval French or directly Latin learned form; this dossier displays the published Old French route.
- MEANING
- Perception and understanding become the modern capacity for knowing and reasoning.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors
Headword etymology: Middle English from Old French intellectePublishes the specific French route displayed in the dossier.
intellecte → intellectus
Old French → Latin · borrowing
- SOUND
- Old French intellecte was borrowed from Latin intellectus with Romance spelling and pronunciation.
- MEANING
- Latin perception and understanding remain the core meaning.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- American Heritage editors
Headword etymology: Old French intellecte from Latin intellectusSupplies the French-to-Latin borrowing.
intellectus → intellegere / intelligere
Latin → Latin · derivation
- SOUND
- Latin intellectus is the action noun and participial formation of intellegere.
- MEANING
- The act of perceiving or understanding becomes the faculty or product of understanding.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors
Headword etymology: Latin intellectus from intellegereIndependently publishes the same Latin derivation.
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Medieval France
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Headword etymology: Old French intellecte · regionalNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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