Where does “inadequate” come from?
Inadequate derives from Latin inadequatus, the negated past participle of adaequare meaning to make equal to, from ad- meaning toward plus aequatus meaning equal.
inadequate (English): Not adequate; not fit for the purpose; An...
Definitions
- Not adequate; not fit for the purpose; An...
Ancestry of “inadequate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adequate | Equal to or fulfilling some requirement; To... |
| 2 | Latin | adaequatus | equal; adequate |
| 3 | Latin | adaequāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |