Etymograph

English

integral

Integral comes from Middle French integral ‘integral, necessary to the function of the whole’, from Latin integer ‘entire’, 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‘entire’
  4. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500integrālis
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600integral‘integral, necessary to the function of the whole’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1627same 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 CEinteger‘entire’
  4. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500integrālis
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600integral‘integral, necessary to the function of the whole’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1627same form

Earliest quotation: 1627, (please specify the page, or |century=I to X): “A local motion keepeth bodies integral.”

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *n̥tagros ‘untouched’

entirety, 7 more

through Latin integer ‘entire’

entire, 8 more

Today it means

adj Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable.

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

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

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