English
adaptationism
From adaptation + -ism.
A compound of adaptation + -ism
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
noun The view that many traits of organisms are evolved adaptations.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / adaptationism