Etymology

apparatus

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Today it means: The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished. Full definition →

Latin apparātu ← Proto-Italic *paro- ← Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₃o-
  7. Proto-Italic*paro-
  8. Latinparō
  9. Latinapparō
  10. Latinapparātu
  11. English todayapparatus

Learned borrowing from Latin apparātus. Doublet of apparat.

Words from the same roots

Latinapparātus all →

apparate

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