Etymology

deadaptation

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Today it means: adaptation to a previous form Full definition →

English adaptation ← French adaptation ← Medieval Latin adaptātiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  13. Proto-Italic*aptos
  14. Latinaptus
  15. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  16. Proto-Italic*apjō
  17. Latinapiō
  18. Latinaptō
  19. Latinadaptō
  20. Medieval Latinadaptātiō
  21. Frenchadaptation
  22. Englishadaptation
  23. English todaydeadaptation

From de- + adaptation.

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