adaptable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use

   to succeed one must be adaptable

2. 2
   adj

   Capable of being adapted.

   an adaptable electric plug for international use

3. 3
   adj

   Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible.

   1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adaptable From adapt + -able.