Etymology

bioadaptation

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Today it means: biological adaptation Full definition →

English adaptation ← French adaptation ← Medieval Latin adaptātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  6. Proto-Italic*ad
  7. Proto-Italic*ad-
  8. Latinad-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  11. Proto-Italic*aptos
  12. Latinaptus
  13. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  14. Proto-Italic*apjō
  15. Latinapiō
  16. Latinaptō
  17. Latinadaptō
  18. Medieval Latinadaptātiō
  19. Frenchadaptation
  20. Englishadaptation
  21. English todaybioadaptation

From bio- + adaptation.

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