Where does “postadoption” come from?
postadoption (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.
postadoption (English): After adoption
Definitions
- After adoption
Ancestry of “postadoption”, step by step
postadoption 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 |
via English post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 2 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 3 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 4 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 5 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 6 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |