English
intellective
Intellective comes from Latin intellegō ‘to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintellegō‘to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintellēctīvus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600intellectif
- Englishearliest quotation 2000intellective
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 CEintellēctīvus
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600intellectif
- Englishearliest quotation 2000intellective
Earliest quotation: 2000, Thomas Albert Sebeok, Marcel Danesi: “Intellective codes are those that have been designed to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- ‘to care for’
leech, analgesic, analgesia, 9 more
through Proto-Italic *legō
election, collection, lesson, elite, eligible, select, coil, legion, intelligent, negligence, elegant, collective, collector, elect, negligible, negligent, diligent, cull, legation, ineligibility, 22 more
through Latin intellegō ‘to understand, comprehend, realize, come to know’
Today it means
adj Of, related to, or caused by the intellect.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin intellegō / intellective