Where does “adoptievader” come from?

adoptievader (Dutch) comes from Dutch adoptie, from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, from Latin adoptō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

adoptievader (Dutch): adoptive father

Definitions

  1. adoptive father

Ancestry of “adoptievader”, step by step

adoptievader traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch adoptie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchadoptieadoption
2Frenchadoptionadoption
3Latinadoptioadoption
4Latinadoptōto take by choice, choose, select
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-un-, non-, not
7Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Dutch vader

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvaderfather; forefather
2Middle Dutchvāderfather
3Old Dutchfadarfather
4Proto-West Germanicfaderfather
5Proto-Germanicfadērfather
6Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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