权威词源导读

adequate (adj.) - 17世纪10年代，"equal to what is needed or desired, sufficient"，源自拉丁语adaequatus "equalized"，adaequare "to make equal to, to level with" 的过去分词，源自ad "to" (参见ad-) + aequare "make level"，源自aequus "equal, even" (参见equal (adj.))。同根词：Adequateness。