Where does “exaptational” come from?
exaptational (English) comes from English exaptation, from English adaptation, from French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptatio, from Latin adaptō, from Latin aptō, from Latin apio, from Latin apium — the god Apis.
exaptational (English): Relating to exaptation
Definitions
- Relating to exaptation
Ancestry of “exaptational”, step by step
exaptational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exaptation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exaptation | The use of a biological structure or function for... |
| 2 | English | adaptation | The process of adapting something or becoming... |
| 3 | French | adaptation | adaptation (all senses) |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | adaptatio | adaptation |
| 5 | Latin | adaptō | to fit, adjust, modify |
| 6 | Latin | aptō | to fasten, fit, apply, adjust |
| 7 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 9 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 11 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |