Where does “adapting” come from?

Adapting derives from English adapt, from Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptare, combining Latin ad- (to) and Latin ad with the root Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- (to fit or join).

adapting (English): present participle of adapt

Definitions

  1. present participle of adapt

Ancestry of “adapting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadaptTo make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit...
2Middle English*adapten—

Words derived from “adapting”

Every word from Middle English *adapten →Every word from English adapt →
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