Where does “adoptive” come from?
Adoptive comes from Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptāre (ad- "to" + optāre "to choose"), with the -īvus suffix denoting a tendency or quality.
adoptive (English): Related through adoption; more generally,...
Definitions
- Related through adoption; more generally,...
Ancestry of “adoptive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adopt | To take by choice into relationship; To take or... |
| 2 | Middle French | adopter | — |
| 3 | Latin | adoptāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |