English
adaptitude
Adaptitude comes from Latin adaptō ‘to fit, adjust, modify’, and goes back to apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō‘to bind, fasten, join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaptō‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadaptō‘to fit, adjust, modify’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*adaptenreconstructed
- English1500–presentadapt
- Englishtodayadaptitude
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō‘to bind, fasten, join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEaptō‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadaptō‘to fit, adjust, modify’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*adaptenreconstructed
- English1500–presentadapt
- Englishtodayadaptitude
Formed from adapt + -itude
Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’
Latin aptō ‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’
Latin adaptō ‘to fit, adjust, modify’
Middle English *adapten
English adapt
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *apjō
through Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’
couple, coupling, adept, copulation, copulate, 15 more
through Latin aptō ‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’
through Latin adaptō ‘to fit, adjust, modify’
Today it means
noun Adaptedness; special aptitude.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin apiō / adaptitude