## Meanings
1. A natural ability to do something well.
2. People who have natural ability, considered as a group.
3. A person who has unusual natural ability in a particular field.

## Examples
- She has a real talent for music.
- The company is always looking for new talent.
- The young player is a rare talent.

## Derived Forms
- talent-spotter
- talent-spotting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *telh₂- (bear)
- Root: talent
- Root: talente
- Root: talentum
- Root: τάλαντον

## Etymology
From Middle English talent, from Old English talente, borrowed from the plural of Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”). Compare Old High German talenta (“talent”). Later figurative senses are from Old French talent (“talent, will, inclination, desire”), derived from the biblical Parable of the Talents.

## AI Etymology
Talent is from Middle English talent, from Old English talente, borrowed from the plural of Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”). Compare Old High German talenta (“talent”). Later figurative senses are from Old French talent (“talent, will, inclination, desire”), derived from the biblical Parable of the Talents.

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