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- biracial (adj.)[biracial 词源字典]
- also bi-racial, 1904, from bi- + racial. Related: Biracially.[biracial etymology, biracial origin, 英语词源]
- integrate (v.)
- 1630s, "to render (something) whole," from Latin integratus, past participle of integrare "make whole," from integer "whole" (see integer). Meaning "to put together parts or elements and combine them into a whole" is from 1802. Integrate in the "racially desegregate" sense is a back-formation from integration, dating to the 1948 U.S. presidential contest. Related: Integrated; integrating.
- racial (adj.)
- 1862, from race (n.2) + -ial. Related: Racially.