integratio

Forms

integrātiō f (genitive integrātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from integrō “to make whole, renew” with the suffix -tiō, from integer “whole”.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Terence's Andria: amantium īrae amōris integrātiōst “lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love”.^[4][5] Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant a beginning again, renewal, as in Terence, and in Symmachus a restoring.^[2][4][5]

British Medieval Latin used it for making whole, renewal, as of the unity of Christians after the Schism.^[7] Through French intégration and Late Latin it gave English integration in the 1610s, “act of bringing together the parts of a whole”.^[3]

Timeline

• 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^[4][6]
• 1610s – English integration is recorded.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A renewal, restoring.^[2][4]
2. (Medieval Latin) A making whole.^[7]

Related words

• integrō
• integer
• English integration

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
7. ^ a b Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press