Etymology

co-adaptation

Today it means: A mutual adaptation of species, organs or genes. Full definition →

English adaptation ← French adaptation ← Medieval Latin adaptātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  14. Proto-Italic*aptos
  15. Latinaptus
  16. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  17. Proto-Italic*apjō
  18. Latinapiō
  19. Latinaptō
  20. Latinadaptō
  21. Medieval Latinadaptātiō
  22. Frenchadaptation
  23. Englishadaptation
  24. English todayco-adaptation

From co- + adaptation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.