Etymograph

English

idioadaptive

From idio- + adaptive.

Formed from idio- + adaptive

Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’

Proto-Indo-European *swéd-yo-s

Proto-Hellenic *hwédios

Ancient Greek ἴδιος ‘own, personal, distinct’

English idio-

Today it means

adj Describing the evolution of an organism that does not give rise to a different species

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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