"adaptitude" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-adaptitude.wav Forms: adaptitudes [plural]
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-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *tūdō Latin -tūdō Middle French -itudebor. English -itude English adaptitude Circa 1800 adapt + -itude Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|adapt|-itude|tree=1}} 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-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *tūdō Latin -tūdō Middle French -itudebor. English -itude English adaptitude, {{suffix|en|adapt|itude}} adapt + -itude Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} adaptitude (countable and uncountable, plural adaptitudes)
  1. Adaptedness; special aptitude. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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