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Where does “aptus” come from?

aptus (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic aptos.

aptus (Latin): suitable, adapted; ready; apt, proper

Definitions

  1. suitable, adapted; ready; apt, proper

Ancestry of “aptus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicaptos—

Words derived from “aptus”

  • attitude
  • apt
  • aptitude
  • aptly
  • inept
  • aptness
  • aptamer
  • inapt
  • inaptly
  • ineptness
  • inaptitude
  • ineptly
  • unapt
  • unaptly
  • inaptness
  • attitudinize
  • unaptness
  • aptameric
  • overapt
  • attitudinizer
  • attituded
  • aptonym
  • abilitude
  • 'tude
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