intelligent的词源

英文词源

intelligent (adj.)

c. 1500, a back-formation from intelligence or else from Latin intelligentem (nominative intelligens), present participle of intelligere, earlier intellegere (see intelligence). Intelligent design, as a name for an alternative to atheistic cosmology and the theory of evolution, is from 1999. Related: Intelligently.

中文词源

intelligent：聪明的，有才智的

intel-,在中间，来自inter-的变体，-leg,选择，选出，词源同collect,eligible.引申词义智力，才智，即聪明的，有才智的。词义演变比较science.

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

intelligent：明智的，聪明的

词根词缀： intel-之间,中间 + -lig-诵读 + -ent形容词词尾