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deadaptation

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- 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 adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation English deadaptation From de- + adaptation.

  1. derived from adaptō
  2. derived from adaptātiō
  3. borrowed from adaptation
  4. prefixed as deadaptation — “de + adaptation”

Definitions

  1. adaptation to a previous form

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deadaptation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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