adequate
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adequate
- /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/ US
- /ˈæ.də.kɪt/ US, proscribed
- /ˈæd.ɪ.kwət/ UK
- /ˈæd.ɪˌkweɪt/
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aikʷos?
Old Latin aiquos
Latin aequus
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
Latin aequō
Latin adaequō
Latin adaequātuslbor.
English adequate
Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat. By surface analysis, ad- + equate.
adjective more adequate · most adequate · adæquate
- Equal to or fulfilling some requirement. powers adequate to a great work
determiner adæquate
- A sufficient amount of; enough. We have adequate money for the journey.
verb adequates · adequating · adequated · adæquate
- To equalize; to make adequate. Let me giue yet one instance more, of a truly intellectuall obiect, exactly adequated and proportioned vnto the intellectuall appetite.
- To equal. […] though it be an impossibilitie for any creature to adequate God in his eternitie, yet he hath ordained all his sonnes in Christ to partake of it by living with him eternally.
