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

  1. Equal to or fulfilling some requirement; To...

Ancestry of “adequate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadaequatusequal; adequate
2Latinadaequāre—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adequate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →