Where does “adaptationism” come from?
adaptationism (English) comes from English adaptation, from French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptatio, from Latin adaptō, from Latin aptō, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis — the god Apis.
adaptationism (English): The view that many traits of organisms are...
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- The view that many traits of organisms are...
Ancestry of “adaptationism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adaptation | The process of adapting something or becoming... |
| 2 | French | adaptation | adaptation (all senses) |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | adaptatio | adaptation |
| 4 | Latin | adaptō | to fit, adjust, modify |
| 5 | Latin | aptō | to fasten, fit, apply, adjust |
| 6 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 8 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 10 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 11 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |