Etymograph

English

entier

Entier comes from French entier ‘entire, whole’, from Proto-Italic *n̥tagros ‘untouched’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-th₂g-ró-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥-th₂g-ró-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥tagros‘untouched’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegeras integrum‘complete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound, healthy’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entier‘entire’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘entire, whole’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1992same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥-th₂g-ró-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥tagros‘untouched’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegeras integrum‘complete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound, healthy’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400entier‘entire’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘entire, whole’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1992same form

Earliest quotation: 1992, Stochastic and Chaotic Oscillations, Kluwer: “Let the state of the system vary according to…”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *n̥tagros ‘untouched’

entirety, 3 more

through Latin integer ‘complete, whole, intact, uninjured, sound,…’

entire, integrity, integral, integrate, integer, 4 more

Today it means

noun The greatest integer not exceeding the specified number.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *n̥-th₂g-ró-s / entier

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