Etymology

accommodate

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Today it means: To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt. Full definition →

Latin accommodātus ← Proto-Italic *medos ← Proto-Indo-European *médos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  7. Proto-Italic*kom
  8. Proto-Italic*kom-
  9. Latincom-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  12. Proto-Italic*medos
  13. Latinmodus
  14. Latincommodus
  15. Latincommodum
  16. Latincommodō
  17. Latinaccommodō
  18. Latinaccommodātus
  19. English todayaccommodate

First use appears c. the 1530s, borrowed from Latin accommodātus, perfect passive participle of accommodō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + commodō (“to provide, lend; to make fit, accommodate”), from con- + modus (“measure, proportion, limit”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix) (see English mode).

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