## Examples
- Solving problems like this requires real intellect.
- They were chosen for the team because of their outstanding intellect.
- Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting at the conference.

## Derived Forms
- artilect
- intellected
- superintellect

## Related Forms
- intellectual
- intellectualism
- intellectualize
- intelligence
- intelligent
- intelligentsia
- intelligible
- mind

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *leǵ-
- Root: intellēctus
- Root: intellegō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.

## AI Etymology
Intellect is borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In present-day use, it can mean the power of the mind to think, reason, and understand, or a person's level of mental ability. Related forms include intellectual, intellectualism, intellectualize, intelligence, intelligent. Derived formations include artilect, intellected, superintellect.

## Topics
- Mind & Cognition

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