English
redintegrate
Redintegrate comes from Latin redintegrō ‘to restore or renew’, from 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 renew, restore’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredintegrō‘to restore or renew’
- Englishearliest quotation 1956–1960redintegrate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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 renew, restore’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEredintegrō‘to restore or renew’
- Englishearliest quotation 1956–1960redintegrate
Earliest quotation: 1956–1960, R.S. Peters, Motives and Motivation: “His [David McClelland’s] theory is that we are first…”
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, 30 more
through Proto-Italic *n̥tagros ‘untouched’
through Latin integer ‘untouched, unhurt’
Today it means
verb To renew, restore to wholeness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- / redintegrate