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Where does “accommodative” come from?

Accommodative comes from English accommodate, from Latin accommodatus (past participle of accommodo, meaning "to fit to" or "to adjust"), formed from Latin ad- (toward) and com (together) combined with a root meaning "to measure or fit."

accommodative (English): Supplying with or obliging; accommodating

Definitions

  1. Supplying with or obliging; accommodating

Ancestry of “accommodative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaccommodateTo render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to...
2Latinaccommodātus—
3Latinaccommodō—
4Latincommodō—
5LatincommodumA convenient opportunity, favorable condition,...
6Latincommoduscomfortable, commodious, suitable, useful;...
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “accommodative”

  • nonaccommodative
  • accommodativeness
  • accommodatively
  • underaccommodative
  • unaccommodative
  • overaccommodative
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