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Where does “adoptively” come from?

adoptively (English) comes from English adoptive, from English adopt, from Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptāre, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

adoptively (English): In a adoptive manner; by adoption

Definitions

  1. In a adoptive manner; by adoption

Ancestry of “adoptively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadoptiveRelated through adoption; more generally,...
2EnglishadoptTo take by choice into relationship; To take or...
3Middle Frenchadopter—
4Latinadoptāre—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →