noesis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromνόησις“concept”, “idea”, “intelligence”, “understanding”
2. English todaynoesis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νόησις (nóēsis, “concept”, “idea”, “intelligence”, “understanding”), from νοεῖν (noeîn, “to intend”, “to perceive”, “to see”, “to understand”) (from νοῦς (noûs, “mind”, “thought”), from νόος (nóos)) + -σις (-sis), suffix forming nouns of action.