Etymology

deintegrate

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Today it means: To disintegrate. Full definition →

Latin dēintegrātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdēintegrātus
  2. English todaydeintegrate

Borrowed from Latin dēintegrātus, perfect passive participle of dēintegrō (“to impair, diminish, lessen”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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