Etymology

nonadaptive

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Today it means: Not adaptive; unable to adapt. Full definition →

English adaptive ← Middle English *adapten ← Latin adaptō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  15. Proto-Italic*ad
  16. Proto-Italic*ad-
  17. Latinad-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  20. Proto-Italic*aptos
  21. Latinaptus
  22. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  23. Proto-Italic*apjō
  24. Latinapiō
  25. Latinaptō
  26. Latinadaptō
  27. Middle English*adapten
  28. Englishadapt
  29. Englishadaptive
  30. English todaynonadaptive

From non- + adaptive.

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