## Etymology
From Latin integer ('whole, untouched, intact'), from in- ('not') + the root of tangere ('to touch'); a whole number is one not broken into fractions.

## AI Etymology
Integer comes from Latin integer ('whole, untouched, intact'), from in- ('not') + the root of tangere ('to touch'); a whole number is one not broken into fractions. The etymological trail includes Latin integer and Latin tangere. As a noun, integer means a whole number, positive, negative, or zero. The same family is visible in related forms such as integral, integrity, integrate, and entire. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

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- Numbers & Quantity
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