Etymograph

English

entire

Entire comes from Latin integer ‘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 CEinteger‘whole’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegrumaccusative of integer
  5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400entier
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500entere
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1595entire

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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 CEinteger‘whole’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegrumaccusative of integer
  5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400entier
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500entere
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1595entire

Earliest quotation: 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., [Amoretti.] Sonnet VI: “Depp is the wound, that dints the parts entire”.

Linked words

through Latin integer ‘whole’

integrity, integral, integrate, integer, 5 more

Today it means

adj Whole; complete.

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

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

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