apt

apt · adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromaptus“suitable, fitting”
2. Old French · derived fromapte
3. English todayapt

From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”). Either from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”) (compare with Greek ἅπτειν (áptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”)) or from *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”).

Apt · proper noun²

1. Yiddish · borrowed fromאַפּט
2. English todayApt

Two possible origins: * A variant of Abt, a surname of German origin. * Borrowed from Yiddish אַפּט (apt), a habitational surname from the town of Opatów, in Poland.

Apt · proper noun³

1. LatinApta Jūliaellip.
2. FrenchApt
3. English todayApt

Borrowed from French Apt.

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