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Where does “adoptiv” come from?

adoptiv (Danish) comes from Latin adoptīvus, from Latin adoptō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

adoptiv (Danish): adoptive

Definitions

  1. adoptive

Ancestry of “adoptiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadoptīvus—
2Latinadoptō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adoptiv”

  • adoptivbarn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →