adequate
/ˈædəkwət/A-duh-kwuht
/ˈædəkwət/A-duh-kwuht
Meaningmade equal to
Common meaning: enough for the need
Other meanings: good enough
- adto, towards
- equflat, even; matched in size or worthLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 56 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘to, towards’ + ‘flat, even’ → adequate
Journey through time
- Latinadaequatus‘made equal to’source
- Englishadequate‘enough for the need’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin aequus ‘flat, even’.
Roots
- aequus, -a, -um Latin “flat, even; matched in size or worth”
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