Etymology

counteradaptation

Today it means: The development of tolerance; the adaptation of the body's homeostatic mechanisms to counteract a drug effect. Full definition →

English adaptation ← French adaptation ← Medieval Latin adaptātiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  13. Proto-Italic*ad
  14. Proto-Italic*ad-
  15. Latinad-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  18. Proto-Italic*aptos
  19. Latinaptus
  20. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  21. Proto-Italic*apjō
  22. Latinapiō
  23. Latinaptō
  24. Latinadaptō
  25. Medieval Latinadaptātiō
  26. Frenchadaptation
  27. Englishadaptation
  28. English todaycounteradaptation

From counter- + adaptation.

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