English
subintelligence
From sub- + intelligence.
Formed from sub- + intelligence
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’
Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’
Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’
English sub-
Latin intellegō ‘to understand’
Latin intellegēns ‘understanding’
Latin intellegentia ‘intelligence’
Old French intelligence ‘comprehension’
Middle English intelligence ‘comprehension’
English intelligence
Today it means
noun Subnormal intelligence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / subintelligence