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aptus
3 English words descend from Latin
aptus
, most common first.
apt
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
aptitude
A natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
aptamer
Any subsequence of nucleic acid, selected from a large random sequence-pool, used to bind to a specific target molecule.