Where does “intact” come from?
Intact comes from Middle French intact, from Latin intactus (untouched), combining Latin in- (not) and the past participle of tangere (to touch), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne (not).
intact (English): Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled,...
Definitions
- Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled,...
Ancestry of “intact”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | intact | — |
| 2 | Latin | intactus | untouched, intact; untried; virgin, undefiled,... |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “intact”