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AptEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Two possible origins: * A variant of Abt, a surname of German origin. * Borrowed from Yiddish אַפּט (apt), a habitational surname from the town of Opatów, in Poland.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗AptEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Latin Apta Jūliaellip. French Aptbor. English Apt Borrowed from French Apt.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗aptEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”). Either from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”) (compare with Greek ἅπτειν (áptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”)) or from *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”).
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Is *kʷē̆d- / *kʷō̆d- a securely attested prehistoric word?
No. It is a Pokorny etymon adapted in a comparative database whose pages are explicitly under active construction. Its link to hōti is a published proposal.
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The form is built on Latin verbum “word, verb,” and English verbal still covers what consists of words, what relates to verbs, spoken communication, exact wording, and verbal aptitude.
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Chapter 138: Tea
Östen Dahl / 2013
source titleAUDIT EVERY USE ↗scholarly reference17 CLAIM LINKS
Celtic, chapter 9 of The Indo-European Language Family
Anders Richardt Jørgensen / 2022
source titleAUDIT EVERY USE ↗digitized primary source2 CLAIM LINKS
Le dictionnaire de l'Académie française. Tome 1 (A–L), première édition
Académie française / 1694
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Le dictionnaire de l'Académie française. Tome 2 (M–Z), première édition
Académie française / 1694
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