Where does “adoption” come from?

adoption (French) comes from Latin adoptio, 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.

adoption (French): adoption

Definitions

  1. adoption

Ancestry of “adoption”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadoptioadoption
2Latinadoptōto take by choice, choose, select
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adoption”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →