inadaptable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English in-

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

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Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin aptō

Latin adaptōder.

Middle English *adapten

English adapt

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English adaptable

English inadaptable

From in- + adaptable.

Adjective

inadaptable (not comparable)

1. Not adaptable.

Spanish

Adjective

inadaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inadaptables)

1. inadaptable

Further reading

• “inadaptable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026