English
intellection
Intellection comes from Latin intellectiō ‘understanding, realization’, and goes back to intellegō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintellegō‘to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintellectiō‘understanding, realization’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892intellection
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintellegō‘to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintellectiō‘understanding, realization’
- Englishearliest quotation 1892intellection
Earliest quotation: 1892, Walt Whitman, Notes Left Over: Emerson's Books: “These books will fill, and well fill, certain stretches…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- ‘to care for’
leech, analgesic, analgesia, 9 more
through Proto-Italic *legō
lesson, election, collection, elite, eligible, select, coil, collective, intelligent, negligence, elegant, legion, collector, elect, negligible, negligent, diligent, cull, legation, ineligibility, 22 more
through Latin intellegō ‘to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know’
Today it means
noun The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin intellegō / intellection