Where does “adaptionist” come from?
adaptionist (English) comes from English adaption, from Medieval Latin adaptatio, from Latin adaptō, from Latin aptō, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις — the god Apis.
Ancestry of “adaptionist”, step by step
adaptionist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adaption
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adaption | Alternative form of adaptation |
| 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 |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |