intelligible的词源

英文词源

intelligible (adj.)

late 14c., "able to understand," from Latin intelligibilis, intellegibilis "that can understand, that can be understood," from intellegere "to understand" (see intelligence). In English, sense of "capable of being understood" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Intelligibly.

中文词源

intelligible：容易理解的

intel-,在中间，来自inter-的变体，-leg,选择，选出，词源同collect,eligible.即可选出来的，可以分辨的，引申词义容易理解的。

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

intelligible：可理解的，明白易懂的

词根词缀： intel-之间,中间 + -lig-诵读 + -ible