- adequate
[adequate 词源字典]
- adequate: see equal
[adequate etymology, adequate origin, 英语词源] - adequate (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin adaequatus "equalized," past participle of adaequare "to make equal to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aequare "make level," from aequus (see equal (adj.)). The sense is of being "equal to what is required." Related: Adequateness.