intellect

ˈɪntəlɛkt

The faculty of reasoning and understanding; the ability to perceive and comprehend meaning.

"between, among", in Latin (Indo-European), Classical Period, Roman Empire

but that wisdom which is created, that is, the intellectual nature, which by contemplating the light, is light.

Augustine, Confessions

Were intellect to be annihilated from the face of the earth, nobody could be brought to say: "I am ignorant."

Saadi, Gulistan

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Historical

intellectus /intellectus/

Classical Latin, Roman Empire

intellego /intellego/

Classical Latin, Roman Empire

intellecte /intellecte/

Middle English, England