Adaption
/əˈdæp.ʃən/noun
A variant form of adaptation, meaning the process of becoming suited to new conditions or the result of that process.
Did you know?Adaption is a real but less common variant of adaptation, and both ultimately descend from Latin aptus, meaning “fit” or “fastened,” a root that also gave English apt and inapt.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂ep-
“to join, attach”
Latin
Latin
aptus
“fit, fastened, suited”
Late Latin
Latin
adaptare
“to fit to, adjust”
Middle French
French
adaptation
“the act of adapting; adjustment”
Modern English
English
adaption
“a variant spelling/form of adaptation”