Adapt
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late Middle English: from French adapter, from Latin adaptare, from ad- ‘to’ + aptare (from aptus ‘fit’).
wiktionary
From Middle French adapter, from Latin adaptare(“to fit to”), from ad(“to”) + aptare(“to make fit”), from aptus(“fit”); see apt.
etymonline
adapt (v.)
early 15c. (implied in adapted) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Old French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust, fit to," from ad "to" (see ad-) + aptare "to join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt). Intransitive meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" is from 1956. Related: Adapting.
