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

  1. Left complete or whole; not touched, defiled,...

Ancestry of “intact”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchintact—
2Latinintactusuntouched, intact; untried; virgin, undefiled,...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “intact”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →