Latin

aptus

‘suitable, fitting’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin aptus.

15 English words in this record descend from Latin aptus, most familiar first.

• attitude ← attitudine ← aptitūdō ← aptō
• apt ← apte
• aptitude ← aptitudo
• attitudinal ← attitudine ← aptitūdō
• inapt ← inapte ← apte
• aptamer
• aptitudinal ← aptitūdō
• attitudinize ← attitudine ← aptitūdō
• attitudinise ← attitudine ← aptitūdō
• attitudinous ← attitudine ← aptitūdō
• attitudinarian ← attitudine ← aptitūdō
• coapt ← coaptō ← aptō

More words from aptus

• coaptate
• inaptitude
• ineptocracy

Etymograph / Latin aptus