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Where does “photoadaptation” come from?

photoadaptation (English) comes from English adaptation, from French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptatio, from Latin adaptō, from Latin aptō, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis.

photoadaptation (English): adaptation of an organism to the changing amount...

Definitions

  1. adaptation of an organism to the changing amount...

Ancestry of “photoadaptation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadaptationThe process of adapting something or becoming...
2Frenchadaptationadaptation
3Medieval Latinadaptatioadaptation
4Latinadaptō—
5Latinaptō—
6Latinapiodative singular of apium; ablative singular of...
7Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
8LatinApis—
9Ancient GreekἌπις—
10Copticϩⲁⲡⲉ—
11Egyptianḥp—
Every word from Egyptian ḥp →