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Where does “adotar” come from?

adotar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese adoutar, 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.

adotar (Portuguese): to adopt; to apply an idea or concept

Definitions

  1. to adopt; to apply an idea or concept

Ancestry of “adotar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseadoutar—
2Latinadoptō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adotar”

  • adotável
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →