köken: Inherited from Middle Persian 𐫀𐫖𐫀𐫅𐫃 (ʾmʾdg /āmādag/, “ready, prepared”), from Proto-Iranian *āmaH-, from Proto-Iranian *ā- + *maH- (“to measure”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maH-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare Avestan 𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀- (āmāta-), Sanskrit माति (māti, “measure, knowledge”), Ancient Greek μῆτῐς (mêtĭs, “skill, counsel, plan”). By surface analysis, the past participle…
köken: From Middle Ukrainian готовъ (hotov), from Old East Slavic готовыи (gotovyi), from Proto-Slavic *gotovъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gatawas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-.
köken: Origin disputed. Though probably from Proto-Slavic *gotovъ. Balkan Romance languages contain numerous instances where intervocalic b, v, w sounds are dropped, both in inherited Latin terms and old Slavonic borrowings. The word can also be found in Albanian, compare Albanian gati (which, like the Romanian, is also invariable). Alternatively, the word may be of ultimate Paleo-Balkanic or Albanian…
köken: From Proto-Italic *aptos, which has been connected to the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, fit (in)”) or to the perfect passive participle of apiō (“fasten, join”).