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Where does “integrate” come from?

Integrate comes from Latin integratus, past participle of integro meaning "to make whole," from integer meaning "untouched or whole," derived from the prefix in- and a root meaning "not" traceable to Proto-Indo-European ne and h₁én.

integrate (English): To form into one whole; to make entire; to...

Definitions

  1. To form into one whole; to make entire; to...

Ancestry of “integrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinintegratusrenewed, restored, having been made whole; begun...
2LatinintegroI renew, restore, make whole; I begin again,...
3Latinintegercomplete, whole, intact; uninjured, sound,...
4Proto-Italic*n̥tagros—

Words derived from “integrate”

  • integrative
  • integrator
  • reintegrate
  • integrase
  • reintegrative
  • integratively
  • cointegrate
  • integrativeness
  • nonintegrative
  • osseointegrate
  • integrativity
  • reintegratively
  • integrativism
  • integrativist
  • postintegrative
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