Etymology

integrity

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Today it means: Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. Full definition →

Middle French intégrité ← Latin integritās
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromintegritās“soundness, integrity”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromintégrité
  3. English todayintegrity

Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety.

Words from the same roots

Latinintegritās all →

entirety

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