Where does “aptitude” come from?

aptitude (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus, from Proto-Italic aptos.

Ancestry of “aptitude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinaptitudoaptitude; aptitude, fitness
2Latinaptussuitable, adapted; ready; apt, proper
3Proto-Italicaptos—

Words derived from “aptitude”

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