Where does “inadequacy” come from?
inadequacy (English) comes from English inadequate, from English adequate, from Latin adaequatus, from Latin adaequāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
inadequacy (English): The state of being inadequate; A shortage of...
Definitions
- The state of being inadequate; A shortage of...
Ancestry of “inadequacy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inadequate | Not adequate; not fit for the purpose; An... |
| 2 | English | adequate | Equal to or fulfilling some requirement; To... |
| 3 | Latin | adaequatus | equal; adequate |
| 4 | Latin | adaequāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |