English
inaptly
From inapt + -ly.
A compound of inapt + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- ‘to join, fit (in)’
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Proto-Italic *aptos
Latin aptus ‘suitable, adapted’
French apte ‘apt’
French inapte
English inapt
Today it means
adv In an inapt manner; inappropriately.
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Etymograph / inaptly