counteradapt

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verb

To cause or to undergo counteradaptation.

OriginEnglish adapt ← Middle English *adapten ← Latin adaptō →
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Meanings

verbcounteradapt (third-person singular simple present counteradapts, present participle counteradapting, simple past and past participle counteradapted)

present singular third person counteradapts · participle present counteradapting · participle past counteradapted · past counteradapted

  1. transitiveTo cause or to undergo counteradaptation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  13. Proto-Italic*ad
  14. Proto-Italic*ad-
  15. Latinad-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
  18. Proto-Italic*aptos
  19. Latinaptus
  20. Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
  21. Proto-Italic*apjō
  22. Latinapiō
  23. Latinaptō
  24. Latinadaptō
  25. Middle English*adapten
  26. Englishadapt
  27. Englishcounteradapt

From counter- + adapt.

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APA

counteradapt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteradapt

MLA

“counteradapt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteradapt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counteradapt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counteradapt.

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