Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preadaptation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: preadap-ta-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation English preadaptation From pre- + adaptation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

preadaptations (plural)

Questions

What does preadaptation mean?: An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function
Where does preadaptation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation English preadaptation From pre- + adaptation.

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