preadaptation

preadaptation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Medieval Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aptos
Medieval Latin aptus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Medieval Latin -ō
Medieval Latin apiō
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Medieval Latin -ō
Medieval Latin -tō
Medieval Latin aptō
Medieval Latin adaptō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Medieval Latin -tiō
Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor.
French adaptationbor.
English adaptation
English preadaptation

    From pre- + adaptation.

    Noun

    preadaptation (countable and uncountable, plural preadaptations)

    1. (biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function
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