"adaptivity" meaning in English

See adaptivity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: adaptivities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English adaptive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder. Latin -itās Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English adaptivity From adaptive + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|adaptive|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English adaptive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder. Latin -itās Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English adaptivity [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "uder" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "adaptivity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="adaptivity"> From adaptive + -ity., {{ety|en|:af|adaptive|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English adaptive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder. Latin -itās Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English adaptivity From adaptive + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} adaptivity (usually uncountable, plural adaptivities)
  1. The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: adaptiveness Translations (Translations): adaptacyjność [feminine] (Polish), przystosowalność [feminine] (Polish), przystosowawczość [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "adaptive",
      "adaptive#English"
    ],
    [
      "*-teh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teh₂"
    ],
    [
      "*-ts",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ts"
    ],
    [
      "*-teh₂ts",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teh₂ts#Proto-Indo-European:_-ty"
    ],
    [
      "-itās",
      "-itas#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-ite",
      "-ite#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "-ite",
      "-ite#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "-ity",
      "-ity#English"
    ],
    [
      "adaptive",
      "adaptive#English"
    ],
    [
      "-ity",
      "-ity#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "adaptive",
        "4": "-ity",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish adaptive\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.\nLatin -itās\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish adaptivity\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"-ty\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-teh₂\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-ts\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-teh₂ts\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-itās\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"uder\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-ite\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-ite\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ity\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"adaptivity\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"adaptivity\">\nFrom adaptive + -ity.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "adaptive",
        "4": "-ity",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éd\nProto-Italic *ad\nProto-Italic *ad-\nLatin ad-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ep-\nProto-Indo-European *-tós\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ptós\nProto-Italic *aptos\nLatin aptus\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.\nProto-Italic *-ājō\nProto-Italic *-āō\nLatin -ō\nProto-Indo-European [Term?]der.\nProto-Italic *apjō\nLatin apiō\nProto-Indo-European *-tós\nProto-Italic *-tos\nLatin -tus\n▲\nLatin -ō\nLatin -tō\nLatin aptō\nLatin adaptōder.\nMiddle English *adapten\nEnglish adapt\nProto-Indo-European *-wós\nProto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.\nLatin -īvus\nOld French -ifbor.\nMiddle English -yf\nEnglish -ive\nEnglish adaptive\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.\nLatin -itās\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish adaptivity\nFrom adaptive + -ity.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish adaptive\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.\nLatin -itās\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish adaptivity\nFrom adaptive + -ity.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adaptivities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "adaptivity (usually uncountable, plural adaptivities)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt."
      ],
      "id": "en-adaptivity-en-noun-uNhUvLol",
      "links": [
        [
          "adaptive",
          "adaptive"
        ],
        [
          "adapt",
          "adapt"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "adaptiveness"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "adaptacyjność"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przystosowalność"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przystosowawczość"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "adaptivity"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "adaptive",
      "adaptive#English"
    ],
    [
      "*-teh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teh₂"
    ],
    [
      "*-ts",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ts"
    ],
    [
      "*-teh₂ts",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teh₂ts#Proto-Indo-European:_-ty"
    ],
    [
      "-itās",
      "-itas#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-ite",
      "-ite#Old_French"
    ],
    [
      "-ite",
      "-ite#Middle_English"
    ],
    [
      "-ity",
      "-ity#English"
    ],
    [
      "adaptive",
      "adaptive#English"
    ],
    [
      "-ity",
      "-ity#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "adaptive",
        "4": "-ity",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish adaptive\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.\nLatin -itās\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish adaptivity\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"-ty\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-teh₂\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-ts\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-teh₂ts\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-itās\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"uder\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old French\", \"term\" : \"-ite\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"fro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-ite\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ity\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"adaptivity\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"adaptivity\">\nFrom adaptive + -ity.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "adaptive",
        "4": "-ity",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éd\nProto-Italic *ad\nProto-Italic *ad-\nLatin ad-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ep-\nProto-Indo-European *-tós\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ptós\nProto-Italic *aptos\nLatin aptus\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.\nProto-Italic *-ājō\nProto-Italic *-āō\nLatin -ō\nProto-Indo-European [Term?]der.\nProto-Italic *apjō\nLatin apiō\nProto-Indo-European *-tós\nProto-Italic *-tos\nLatin -tus\n▲\nLatin -ō\nLatin -tō\nLatin aptō\nLatin adaptōder.\nMiddle English *adapten\nEnglish adapt\nProto-Indo-European *-wós\nProto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.\nLatin -īvus\nOld French -ifbor.\nMiddle English -yf\nEnglish -ive\nEnglish adaptive\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.\nLatin -itās\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish adaptivity\nFrom adaptive + -ity.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish adaptive\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-ts\nProto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.\nLatin -itās\nOld French -itebor.\nMiddle English -ite\nEnglish -ity\nEnglish adaptivity\nFrom adaptive + -ity.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adaptivities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "adaptivity (usually uncountable, plural adaptivities)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ep- (join)",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd",
        "English terms suffixed with -ity",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Proto-Indo-European term requests",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adaptive",
          "adaptive"
        ],
        [
          "adapt",
          "adapt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "adaptiveness"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adaptacyjność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przystosowalność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przystosowawczość"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adaptivity"
}

Download raw JSONL data for adaptivity meaning in English (5.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (f9fe161 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.