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Where does “integrator” come from?

Integrator derives from English integrate, from Latin integratus (past participle of integro, to make whole), from Latin integer (whole, untouched), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne (not), expressing the sense of something not divided or broken.

integrator (English): A person who, or a device which, integrates; A...

Definitions

  1. A person who, or a device which, integrates; A...

Ancestry of “integrator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English‐or—
2Middle English-our—
3Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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