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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

adopt XV. — (O)F. adopter or L. adoptāre choose for oneself; see AD-, OPT.
So adoption XIV, adoptive XV.

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