Where does “integral” come from?
integral (Romanian) comes from French intégral, from Middle French integral, from Medieval Latin integralis, from Latin integer, from Proto-Italic *n̥tagros.
integral (Romanian): integral
Ancestry of “integral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | intégral | full, complete; uncut ; unabridged ; all-over |
| 2 | Middle French | integral | integral, necessary to the function of the whole;... |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | integralis | integral; complete |
| 4 | Latin | integer | complete, whole, intact; uninjured, sound,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *n̥tagros | — |