Coapt
/koʊˈæpt/noun
To join or fit together closely, especially in a surgical or formal sense.
Did you know?Coapt entered English through medical and formal writing, ultimately from Latin *coaptāre*, a compound built from *co-* (“together”) and *aptāre* (“to fit, adjust”), the same root behind *apt* and *adapt*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ap-
“to fit, join, fasten”
Latin
Latin
aptus
“fit, suited, fastened”
Latin
Latin
coaptāre
“to fit together, join closely”
Late Middle English
English
coapten
“to join or fit together”
Modern English
English
coapt
“to join or fit together closely”