Where does “nonadoption” come from?
nonadoption (English) comes from English adoption, from French adoption, from Latin adoptio, from Latin adoptō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
nonadoption (English): The failure or refusal to adopt
Definitions
- The failure or refusal to adopt
Ancestry of “nonadoption”, step by step
nonadoption traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adoption
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adoption | The act of adopting; The state of being adopted;... |
| 2 | French | adoption | adoption |
| 3 | Latin | adoptio | adoption |
| 4 | Latin | adoptō | to take by choice, choose, select |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |