Where does “inadecuado” come from?
inadecuado (Spanish) comes from Spanish adecuado, from Spanish adecuar, from Latin adaequo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
inadecuado (Spanish): inadequate
Ancestry of “inadecuado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | adecuado | appropriate, suitable |
| 2 | Spanish | adecuar | to adapt, adjust |
| 3 | Latin | adaequo | I make equal to, equalize, level with; I attain... |
| 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 |