adaptatio

Latin

Etymology

From adaptō (I fit, adjust, modify; I adapt, fit or adjust to) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

adaptātiō f (genitive adaptātiōnis); third declension

  1. (in general senses) fitting, adjustment, modification
  2. (Medieval Latin) adaptation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative adaptātiō adaptātiōnēs
genitive adaptātiōnis adaptātiōnum
dative adaptātiōnī adaptātiōnibus
accusative adaptātiōnem adaptātiōnēs
ablative adaptātiōne adaptātiōnibus
vocative adaptātiō adaptātiōnēs

Descendants

  • French: adaptation
    • Dutch: adaptatie
      • Indonesian: adaptasi
        • Malay: adaptasi
    • English: adaptation
  • German: Adaptation

References

  • adaptatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adaptatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.