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Where does “preadoption” come from?

preadoption (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.

preadoption (English): Before adoption; Adoption in advance; the act of...

Definitions

  1. Before adoption; Adoption in advance; the act of...

Ancestry of “preadoption”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadoptionThe act of adopting; The state of being adopted;...
2Frenchadoptionadoption
3Latinadoptioadoption
4Latinadoptō—
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 →