integer的词源

英文词源

integer (n.)

"a whole number" (opposed to fraction), 1570s, from Latin integer (adj.) "whole, complete," figuratively, "untainted, upright," literally "untouched," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + root of tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). The word was used earlier in English as an adjective meaning "whole, entire" (c. 1500).

中文词源

integer：整数

in-,不，非，-teg,接触，词源同tangible,intact.即没有接触过的，没有损伤的，用于数学名词整数。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：integer 词源，integer 含义。

integer：完整的东西，整数

借用于拉丁语integer(完整的),由前缀in-和词干tag-组成。而词干tag-派生了拉丁语动词tangere(接触)。

词根词缀： in-不,无 + teger(-tag-)接触