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Where does “adopter” come from?

adopter (French) comes from Latin adoptō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

adopter (French): to adopt; to vote

Definitions

  1. to adopt; to vote

Ancestry of “adopter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadoptō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adopter”

  • adoptable
  • adopta
  • adopteren
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →