adaptitude

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *tūdō Latin -tūdō Middle French -itudebor. English -itude English adaptitude Circa 1800 adapt + -itude

  1. derived from adaptāre
  2. inherited from *adapten
  3. suffixed as adaptitude — “adapt + itude

Definitions

  1. Adaptedness

    Adaptedness; special aptitude.

The neighborhood

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