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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
- Proto-Italic*legō
- Latinlegō?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂leg-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂légeti
- Proto-Italic*legō?
- Latinintelligō
- Latinintelligēns
- Middle Frenchintelligent
- Englishintelligent
- English todayunintelligent
From un- + intelligent.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.