Etymology

unintuitive

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Today it means: Not intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition Full definition →

English intuitive ← Middle French intuitif ← Medieval Latin intuitivus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  9. Proto-Italic*en
  10. Proto-Italic*en-
  11. Latinin-
  12. Latintueor
  13. Latinintueor
  14. Medieval Latinintuitivus
  15. Middle Frenchintuitif
  16. Englishintuitive
  17. English todayunintuitive

From un- + intuitive.

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