English Explanatory Dictionary

adaptness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being fitted; adaptation; aptness

Word forms

adaptness

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Germanic *-in- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English adaptness From adapt + -ness.

Related words

adapt adaptability adaptable adaptableness adaptably adaptation adaptational adaptative adaptatively adaptativeness adaptedness adapter adaption adaptional adaptitude adaptive adaptively adaptiveness adaptly adaptorial
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