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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]

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