English
integrate
Integrate comes from Middle English integrat(e) ‘intact, whole’, from Latin integer ‘untouched, unhurt’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to touch’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teh₂g-‘to touch’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥th₂grosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥tagros‘untouched’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinteger‘untouched, unhurt’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegrō‘to make whole, renew, repair, begin again’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegrātus‘renewed, restored, having been made whole’perfect passive participle of integrō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500integrat(e)‘intact, whole’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967integrate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teh₂g-‘to touch’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*n̥th₂grosreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*n̥tagros‘untouched’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinteger‘untouched, unhurt’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegrō‘to make whole, renew, repair, begin again’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintegrātus‘renewed, restored, having been made whole’perfect passive participle of integrō
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500integrat(e)‘intact, whole’
- Englishearliest quotation 1967integrate
Earliest quotation: 1967, United States. Congress. House. Committe, Hearings: “Data gathered at each remote site include sulphur dioxide…”
first attested First attested in the 1450's (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in the 1450's as an adjective, first attested in 1638 as a verb; from Middle English integrat(e) (‘intact, whole’), borrowed from Latin integrātus, perfect passive participle of integrō (‘to make whole, renew, repair, begin again’) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from integer (‘whole, fresh’) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to touch’
contact, taste, tangible, tame, taxis, contingent, attain, tactile, taxonomy, tact, contiguous, tangent, talon, contagion, tama, talus, ataxia, contaminate, thwack, 31 more
through Proto-Italic *n̥tagros ‘untouched’
through Latin integer ‘untouched, unhurt’
Today it means
verb To include as a constituent part or functionality.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- / integrate