intellectual的词源

英文词源

intellectual (adj.)

late 14c., "grasped by the understanding" (rather than by the senses), from Old French intellectuel and directly from Latin intellectualis "relating to the understanding," from intellectus "discernment, understanding," from past participle stem of intelligere "to understand, discern" (see intelligence). Intellectual property attested from 1845. Other adjective formations included intellective (late 15c.), intellectile (1670s).

intellectual (n.)

1590s, "mind, intellect," from intellectual (adj.); sense of "an intellectual person" is from 1650s. Related: Intellectuals.

中文词源

intellectual：智力的，有才智的

来自intellect,智力。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：intellectual 词源，intellectual 含义。

intellectual：知识分子

词根词缀： intel-之间,中间 + -lect-诵读 + -ual