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
- A person who, or a device which, integrates; A...
Ancestry of “integrator”, step by step
integrator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ‐or
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ‐or | Creates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English integrate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | integrate | To form into one whole; to make entire; to... |
| 2 | Latin | integratus | renewed, restored, having been made whole; begun... |
| 3 | Latin | integro | I renew, restore, make whole; I begin again,... |
| 4 | Latin | integer | complete, whole, intact; uninjured, sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *n̥tagros | untouched |