Etymology

adaptation

ad·ap·ta·tion
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Today it means: The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification. Full definition →

French adaptation ← Medieval Latin adaptātiō ← Latin adaptō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  7. Proto-Italic*aptos
  8. Latinaptus
  9. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  10. Proto-Italic*apjō
  11. Latinapiō
  12. Latinaptō
  13. Latinadaptō
  14. Medieval Latinadaptātiō
  15. Frenchadaptation
  16. English todayadaptation

From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt + -ation.

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