Ideas terminology · Thought & mind
intellect- — Understanding
intellect- means understanding. Latin source words and ideas terminology examples: intellect.
Meaning and source words
Meaning: Understanding
- Latin: intellēctus
Examples and word parts
intellect
The ability to understand, think, and reason.
Word parts: intellect comes from intellēctus (understanding), related to intellegō (understand).
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Related thought & mind terms
- psych/o — Mind
psychology
- ment- — Mind
mental
- cogn- — Knowing or recognizing
cognition
- noet- — Intellectual understanding
noetic
- ide/o — Idea or form
ideology
- log/o — Word or reason
logic
- ration- — Reason or reckoning
rational
Sources and usage
From the Word Radicals ideas terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.