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
- To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit...
Ancestry of “adapt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | *adapten | — |
Words derived from “adapt”