Where does “adottare” come from?

adottare (Italian) 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.

adottare (Italian): to adopt; to choose, to select

Definitions

to adopt; to choose, to select

Ancestry of “adottare”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	adoptō	to take by choice, choose, select
2	Latin	ad-	to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “adottare”

adottazione
adottamento
adottatore
riadottare
adotta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →