Meaning

noun all of something including all its component elements or parts

noun an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

adjective including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-West Germanic *hail Old English hāl Middle English hol English whole From Middle English whol, hol, hole (“healthy, unhurt, whole”), from Old English hāl (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). The spelling…

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