Etymology

readapt

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Today it means: To adapt again; to adapt for a new purpose Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  12. Proto-Italic*aptos
  13. Latinaptus
  14. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  15. Proto-Italic*apjō
  16. Latinapiō
  17. Latinaptō
  18. Latinadaptō
  19. Middle English*adapten
  20. Englishadapt
  21. English todayreadapt

From re- + adapt.

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