English
intact
Intact comes from Middle French intact, from Latin intactus ‘untouched, intact, unharmed’, and ultimately from tāctus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtāctus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintactusas intact(us)‘untouched, intact, unharmed’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600intact
- Englishearliest quotation 1975same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtāctus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintactusas intact(us)‘untouched, intact, unharmed’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600intact
- Englishearliest quotation 1975same form
Earliest quotation: 1975, Clifford Green: “She hadn't been... molested? No, no, nothing like that.…”
Every English word from Latin tāctus
Today it means
adj Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled, sullied, or otherwise damaged.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin tāctus / intact