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Where does “aptable” come from?

aptable (English) comes from Latin aptabilis, from Latin aptare, from Latin apto, from Latin apo, from Proto-Italic apō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

aptable (English): Capable of being adapted

Definitions

  1. Capable of being adapted

Ancestry of “aptable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaptabilis—
2Latinaptarepresent active infinitive of aptō; second-person...
3LatinaptoI fasten, fit, apply, adjust; I adapt,...
4LatinapoI fasten; attach, connect; join, bind
5Proto-Italicapō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water
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