adaptiveness

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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
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English adaptive
Proto-Germanic *-in-
▲
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English adaptiveness

    From adaptive + -ness.

    Noun

    adaptiveness (usually uncountable, plural adaptivenesses)

    1. The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
      Synonyms: adaptativeness, adaptivity
      Coordinate terms: adaptedness, adaptitude
      Near-synonyms: adaptability, adaptableness
      • 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw:
        With female adaptiveness she fell in with his humour, and looked at the world through his eyes.

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