English
seroadaptation
From sero- + adaptation.
Formed from sero- + adaptation
Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to flow, run’
Proto-Indo-European *sér-o- ‘flowing, liquid’
Proto-Italic *serom ‘liquid’
Latin serum ‘some other watery liquid’
English sero-
Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’
Latin aptō ‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’
Latin adaptō ‘to fit, adjust, modify’
Medieval Latin adaptātiō
French adaptation
English adaptation
Today it means
noun adaptation of behaviour so as to reduce the risk of spreading HIV
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / seroadaptation