Where does “adaptation” come from?
adaptation (French) comes from Medieval Latin adaptatio, from Latin adaptō, from Latin aptō, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ.
adaptation (French): adaptation
Ancestry of “adaptation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | adaptatio | adaptation |
| 2 | Latin | adaptō | — |
| 3 | Latin | aptō | — |
| 4 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | — |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | — |
Words derived from “adaptation”