adoption
Definitions
The act of legally taking a child to raise as one's own
收养
The act of choosing to take up or start using something new
采纳，采用
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedad- (to) + opt (Latin optāre 'choose') + -ion (act) = 'the act of choosing someone to be your own.' That is exactly adoption: choosing a child to make legally yours. This is the Latin 'choose' branch of opt-, not the Greek 'sight' opt- of optic — same letters, unrelated meaning.
Root opt still carries 8 more wordsWhy It Means This
Adoption hides the word 'choose' inside it. From Latin ad- ('to') + optāre ('choose'), to adopt is to choose someone or something as your own. Hence two senses from one core: adopting a child (choosing them into your family) and the adoption of a new technology or law (choosing to take it up). It belongs to the Latin 'choose' branch of opt-, with no link to the Greek 'sight' words optic and optical.
Common Collocations
- 1.child adoption儿童收养
- 2.adoption process收养程序
- 3.technology adoption技术采纳
- 4.widespread adoption广泛采用
Example Sentences
- 1.
They went through a long adoption process to bring the baby home.
- 2.
The adoption of electric cars has grown quickly in recent years.