An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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adopt
  بر-اپتیدن  
baroptidan
Fr.: adopter  

  1. To choose or take as one’s own; make one’s own by selection or assent.

  2. To take and rear (the child of other parents) as one’s own child, specifically by a formal legal act.

  3. To vote to accept (Dictionary.com).

Etymology (EN): M.E., from M.Fr. adopter, from L. adoptare, from → ad-

  • optare, → opt.

Etymology (PE): Baroptidan, on the model of bargozidan “to choose,” from bar- “on, up, upon, in,” → on-,

  • optidan, → opt.