Etymograph

English

adaptational

From adaptation + -al.

A compound of adaptation + -al

Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’

Latin aptō ‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’

Latin adaptō ‘to fit, adjust, modify’

Medieval Latin adaptātiō

French adaptation

English adaptation

Today it means

adj Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive

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Etymograph / adaptational