English
readept
Readept comes from Latin adeptus ‘having obtained’, from apīscor ‘reach after something, pursue’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Italic *apjō.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*apjō1uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiō2‘to bind, fasten, join’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapīscor2‘reach after something, pursue’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadipīscor3as adipisci, past participle‘to obtain’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeptus3‘having obtained’
- Englishearliest quotation 1577readept3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin apio, which cites LIV, Rix
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin adipiscor
- 3 Wiktionary, English readept
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Historie of Englande: “Henrie the sixt had by their means readepted the…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*apjōWiktionary, Latin apio, which cites LIV, Rixuncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapiōWiktionary, Latin adipiscor‘to bind, fasten, join’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEapīscorWiktionary, Latin adipiscor‘reach after something, pursue’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadipīscorWiktionary, English readeptas adipisci, past participle‘to obtain’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadeptusWiktionary, English readept‘having obtained’
- Englishearliest quotation 1577readeptWiktionary, English readept. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Historie of Englande: “Henrie the sixt had by their means readepted the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *apjō
through Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’
couple, adaptation, adapt, coupling, copulation, copulate, 15 more
Today it means
verb To regain; to recover.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “readept”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin apio, Latin adipiscor. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *apjō / readept