Where does “adopt” come from?
Adopt comes from Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptāre, formed from the prefix ad- and optāre meaning to choose or wish.
adopt (English): To take by choice into relationship; To take or...
Definitions
- To take by choice into relationship; To take or...
Ancestry of “adopt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | adopter | — |
| 2 | Latin | adoptāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “adopt”