Etymology

entirety

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Today it means: The whole; the complete or amount. Full definition →

Middle English enterete ← Old French entiereté ← Latin integritās
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  1. Latin · derived fromintegritās
  2. Old French · derived fromentiereté
  3. Middle English · inherited fromenterete
  4. English todayentirety

From Middle English enterete, from Old French entiereté, from Latin integritās, from integer (“complete, whole”). Doublet of integrity.

Words from the same roots

Latinintegritās all →

integrity

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