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- Latin · derived fromintellegentia“intelligence”
- Polish · borrowed frominteligencja
- Russian · borrowed fromинтеллиге́нция
- English todayintelligentsia
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.