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Intellect — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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opensupportsprobable
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.
Word History: Middle French or LatinPublishes the route ambiguity.
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EDGE 380supportsprobable
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
Word History: Middle English from Middle French or Latin; First Known UsePreserves the source's route ambiguity and 14th-century horizon.
EDGE 382supportsestablished
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
Word History: intellectus from intellegereConnects the Latin noun to the understanding verb.
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intellectSOURCE-REPORTED
intellect
Merriam-Webster lexicographic first-use record for intellect
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
intelligence
Englishparallel descendant of Latin intellegere
intellect
Englishsame Latin understanding-verb family
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stage 1supports
Roman world
Documents the Latin understanding family.
Word History: Latin intellectus and intellegere · broadstage 3supports
England
Reports the 14th-century English horizon.
First Known Use · regionalstage 4supports
Global English
Documents the continuing faculty, capacity, and person senses.
Definitions and First Known Use · global070
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