English
entirety
Entirety comes from Old French entiereté, from Latin integritās ‘soundness’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-th₂g-ró-s.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥-th₂g-ró-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥tagros‘untouched’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinteger‘complete, whole’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegritās‘soundness’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400entiereté
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500enterete
- Englishearliest quotation 2019entirety
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥-th₂g-ró-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥tagros‘untouched’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinteger‘complete, whole’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegritās‘soundness’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400entiereté
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500enterete
- Englishearliest quotation 2019entirety
Earliest quotation: 2019, Andrew Benson: “This was a superb win, albeit a somewhat controversial…”
Linked words
through Latin integer ‘complete, whole’
integral, integrate, integer, 5 more
through Latin integritās ‘soundness’
Today it means
noun The whole; the complete or amount.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *n̥-th₂g-ró-s / entirety