Where does “adapt” come from?

Adapt comes from Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptare meaning to fit or adjust, composed of the Latin prefix ad- meaning to and the Latin root ap- meaning to fasten or fit.

adapt (English): To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit...

Definitions

  1. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit...

Ancestry of “adapt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English*adapten

Words derived from “adapt

Every word from Middle English *adapten