adoptio Latin · revision 8209

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la optō}}

+

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈdɔp.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈdɔp.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Forms==

+ '''adoptiō''' ''f'' (genitive adoptiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+

+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[adoptō]] “to adopt”, from [[ad-]] and [[optō]] “to choose”, with the suffix [[-iō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of adoption into a family.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant adoption into a family, especially of someone under a father's power, as in Cicero, and in Pliny the Elder grafting, or a grafted plant.^(OLD 2012) In Christian Latin ''spīritus adoptiōnis'' was the spirit of sonship.^(Köbler 2010)

+

+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant adoption.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for sponsorship, godparenthood.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''adozione'', French ''adoption'' and Spanish ''adopción'', and Late Latin ''adoptiō'' gave [[en|adoption]] in the mid-14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of adoption.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of grafting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''adoption'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Adoption]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Grafting; a grafted plant.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Sponsorship, godparenthood.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adoptō]]

+ * [[optō]]

+ * [[en|adoption]]

+

+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}