Etymology

unadaptable

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Today it means: Not adaptable. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  14. Proto-Italic*aptos
  15. Latinaptus
  16. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  17. Proto-Italic*apjō
  18. Latinapiō
  19. Latinaptō
  20. Latinadaptō
  21. Middle English*adapten
  22. Englishadapt
  23. Englishadaptable
  24. English todayunadaptable

From un- + adaptable.

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