ENGLISH ROOT WORD: apt- from Latin aptus, apere

 

【apt-】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "apt, fit, suited, proper"
from Latin "aptus, apere"

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[WORD ROOT]root apt
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] apt, ept, atti, apti
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) aptus, apere
[MEANING]root apt, fit, suited, proper

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 aptus [pp of apere] joined, fitted; fit, suited, proper, appropriate
• 【Latin】 apere to attach, join, tie to

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

adapt, adaptation, apt, aptitude, attitude

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

 

 

 

 

 

adapt [verb] from adapt < apt
【DEFINITION】 If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 to fit (something, for some purpose)
【CONJUGATIONs】 adapted, adapted, adapting, adapts
【DERIVATIVEs】 adapt, adaptability, adaptable, adaptableness, adaptably, adaptation, adaptational, adaptationally, adaptive
【SYNONYM】 adjust, modify
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ad; to ⑵ apt; apt, fit

adaptation [noun] from adapt < apt
【DEFINITION】 An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it.
【pl.】 adaptations
【DERIVATIVEs】 adapt, adaptability, adaptable, adaptableness, adaptation, adaptational, adaptationally, adaptive
【SYNONYM】 modification
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ad; to ⑵ apt; apt, fit ⑶ ation; noun suffix

apt [combining form] from apt
【DERIVATIVEs】 apt, aptitude, aptitudinal, aptitudinally, aptly, aptness
【ROOTs】 apt; apt, fit

aptitude [noun] from apt
【DEFINITION】 Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 tendency, likelihood,"
【pl.】 aptitudes
【DERIVATIVEs】 apt, aptitude, aptitudinal, aptitudinally, aptly, aptness
【SYNONYM】 talent
【ROOTs】 ⑴ apti(apt); apt, fit ⑵ tude; noun suffix

attitude [noun] from attitude < apt
【DEFINITION】 Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 posture or position of a figure in a statue or painting
【pl.】 attitudes
【DERIVATIVEs】 attitudinal, attitude
【ROOTs】 ⑴ atti(apt); apt, fit ⑵ tude; noun suffix

 

 

 

 

Other word list containing apt-; aptly, adept, coaptation, contraption, inapt, inept, periapt

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

anni-, ann-, enn-
anim-
academ-
ante
agog
ag
aev
aero
acu-
abba-

[영어어원사전] 어근 anni-, ann-, enn-으로 영어단어 공부하기 (라틴어 어원; annus)

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