Where does “inadéquat” come from?
inadéquat (French) comes from French adéquat, from Latin adaequatus, from Latin adaequāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
inadéquat (French): inadequate; inappropriate, unsuitable
Definitions
- inadequate; inappropriate, unsuitable
Ancestry of “inadéquat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | adéquat | suitable, appropriate, adequate |
| 2 | Latin | adaequatus | equal; adequate |
| 3 | Latin | adaequāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “inadéquat”