Etymology

intuitive

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Today it means: Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought. Full definition →

Middle French intuitif ← Medieval Latin intuitivus ← Latin intueor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latintueor
  6. Latinintueor
  7. Medieval Latinintuitivus
  8. Middle Frenchintuitif
  9. English todayintuitive

Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueor.

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