Re: Intelligentsia? Re: Adopting a plural
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 16, 2004, 14:22 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, £ukasz Korczewski <lucasso@P...>
wrote:
Hello
>Etymologies referencing to Latin "intelligens" probably try to
explain
>the origin of the word "inteligent" of which "intelligentsia" is a
>collective derivative or rather... hmm.. corelative.
--
£ukasz Korczewski
GG: 1783552
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"Cassell's New Latin Dictionary" has the entry "intellegere" derived
from "inter" & "legere."
Interestingly, Leo F. Stelten's "Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin"
gives both "intellEgere" & "intellIgere." Somewhere in the evolution
of the word, the E of the root which changed to an I.
Charlie
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