Where does “adequate” come from?
Adequate comes from Latin adaequatus, past participle of adaequare, composed of the prefix ad- and aequare, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd meaning to fit or be equal.
adequate (English): Equal to or fulfilling some requirement; To...
Definitions
- Equal to or fulfilling some requirement; To...
Ancestry of “adequate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | adaequatus | equal; adequate |
| 2 | Latin | adaequāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “adequate”