Where does “adaptation” come from?
Adaptation comes from French adaptation, derived from Medieval Latin adaptatio, from Latin adapto (to fit to), composed of Latin ad- (to) and the root h₂ep- (to fit or join) via Proto-Indo-European.
adaptation (English): The process of adapting something or becoming...
Definitions
- The process of adapting something or becoming...
Ancestry of “adaptation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | adaptation | adaptation (all senses) |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | adaptatio | adaptation |
| 3 | Latin | adaptō | to fit, adjust, modify |
| 4 | Latin | aptō | to fasten, fit, apply, adjust |
| 5 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 7 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 9 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 10 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
Words derived from “adaptation”
- adaptationist
- adaptational
- maladaptation
- adaptationism
- exaptation
- readaptation
- preadaptation
- neuroadaptation
- inadaptation
- counteradaptation
- nonadaptation
- osmoadaptation
- disadaptation
- photoadaptation
- adaptationally
- antiadaptationist
- pseudoadaptation
- pathoadaptation
- co-adaptation
- adaptacja
- angioadaptation
- bioadaptation
- deadaptation
- haloadaptation