a·dept 
(ə-dĕpt)
(ə-dĕpt)adj.
Very skilled or accomplished. See Synonyms at proficient.
n. (ădĕpt′)
A highly skilled person; an expert: "political consequences in getting rid of all the skeptics, unbelievers, and adepts of rival faiths" (Gene Lyons).
[Latin adeptus, past participle of adipīscī, to attain : ad-, ad- + apīscī, to grasp.]
a·deptly adv.
a·deptness n.
- Indo-European root: pel-
- Indo-European root: pelə-
- Indo-European root: pelə-
- Indo-European root: pelə-
- Indo-European root: penkwe
- Indo-European root: pent-
- Indo-European root: per
- Indo-European root: per-
- Indo-European root: per-
- Indo-European root: per-
- Indo-European root: per-
- Indo-European root: perd-
- Indo-European root: perkwu-
- Indo-European root: perə-
- Indo-European root: perə-
- Indo-European root: pes-
- Indo-European root: pet-
- Indo-European root: petə-
- Indo-European root: peuk-
- Indo-European root: peuə-
- Indo-European root: pezd-
- Indo-European root: plat-
- Indo-European root: plek-
- Indo-European root: pleu-
- Indo-European root: plāk-