Etymology

preadapt

P3R1E1A1D2A1P3T1

Today it means: To adapt in advance. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  10. Proto-Italic*ad
  11. Proto-Italic*ad-
  12. Latinad-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  15. Proto-Italic*aptos
  16. Latinaptus
  17. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  18. Proto-Italic*apjō
  19. Latinapiō
  20. Latinaptō
  21. Latinadaptō
  22. Middle English*adapten
  23. Englishadapt
  24. English todaypreadapt

From pre- + adapt.

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