Etymology Explorer › Spanish

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

Definitions

  1. inadequate

Ancestry of “inadecuado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishadecuadoappropriate, suitable
2Spanishadecuarto adapt, adjust
3LatinadaequoI make equal to, equalize, level with; I attain...
4Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →