Etymology

adopt

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Today it means: To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. Full definition →

Middle French adopter ← Latin adoptō
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  1. Latin · derived fromadoptō
  2. Middle French · derived fromadopter
  3. English todayadopt

From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt.

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