Where does “adaptor” come from?
Adaptor comes from English adapt, from Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptare meaning "to fit to," composed of the prefix ad- meaning "to" and the root h₂ep- meaning "to fasten or fit."
adaptor (English): Alternative form of adapter
Definitions
- Alternative form of adapter
Ancestry of “adaptor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ‐or | — |
| 2 | Middle English | -our | — |
| 3 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 4 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |