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maladapt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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maladapts (present, singular) maladapting (participle, present) maladapted (participle, past) maladapted (past)

What does maladapt mean?: To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
Where does maladapt come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt English maladapt From mal- + adapt.

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