apt

Pronunciation: /æpt/

The English word “apt” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.

Etymology

From Old French apte, from Latin aptus (“suitable, fitting”). Either from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”) (compare with Greek ἅπτειν (áptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”)) or from *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”).

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