English
adaptate
When used by native speakers, a back-formation from adaptation; equivalent to adapt + -ate.
Formed from adapt + -ate
Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’
Latin aptō ‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’
Latin adaptō ‘to fit, adjust, modify’
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
The story
When used by ESL speakers, a calque of Portuguese and Spanish adaptar; compare, for example, English integrate and Portuguese and Spanish integrar.
Today it means
verb To adapt.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / adaptate