Etymograph

English

inadept

Inadept comes from French adepte ‘adept, capable, adroit’, from Latin adeptus ‘having overtaken, caught up with’, and ultimately from apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō‘to bind, fasten, join’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEapīscor‘to reach after’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadipīscor‘to arrive at, reach’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeptus‘having overtaken, caught up with’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentadepte‘adept, capable, adroit’
  6. English1500–presentadept
  7. Englishtodayinadept

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō‘to bind, fasten, join’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEapīscor‘to reach after’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadipīscor‘to arrive at, reach’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeptus‘having overtaken, caught up with’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentadepte‘adept, capable, adroit’
  6. English1500–presentadept
  7. Englishtodayinadept

A compound of in- + adept

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’

Latin apīscor ‘to reach after’

Latin adipīscor ‘to arrive at, reach’

Latin adeptus ‘who has achieved’

French adepte ‘adept, capable, adroit’

English adept

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *apjō

couplet, 13 more

through Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’

couple, adaptation, adapt, coupling, copulation, copulate, 15 more

Today it means

adj Not adept.

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

Etymograph / Latin apiō / inadept

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