English
adeption
Adeption comes from Latin adeptio ‘an acquisition, achievement, attainment’, from adipīscor ‘to arrive at, reach’, and ultimately from apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō‘to bind, fasten, join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEapīscor‘reach after something, pursue’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadipīscor‘to arrive at, reach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeptio‘an acquisition, achievement, attainment’
- Englishearliest quotation 1485adeption
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō‘to bind, fasten, join’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEapīscor‘reach after something, pursue’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadipīscor‘to arrive at, reach’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeptio‘an acquisition, achievement, attainment’
- Englishearliest quotation 1485adeption
Earliest quotation: 1485, Richard III of England: “In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *apjō
through Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’
Today it means
noun An obtaining; attainment.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin apiō / adeption