aptness
Meaningfittingness
Common meaning: suitability
- aptfitted, fastened; suitedLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 137 · scan
- nessthe state of being
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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin aptus ‘fitted, fastened; suited’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry aptus, p. 137 · dictionary scan
Roots
- aptus, -a, -um Latin “fitted, fastened; suited”
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