| 【opt】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "optare." It carries the basic meaning of "choose." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "opt"]
adopt ****[1740] If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
opt ***[3223] If you opt for something, or opt to do something, you choose it or decide to do it in preference to anything else.
option ****[1206] the opportunity or ability to choose something or to choose between two or more things
[WORD ROOT]root opt
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] ops, opt
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) optare
[MEANING]root choose
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Latin】 optare to choose, wish, desire
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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adopt ★★★★[1740] verb from adopt 〈 opt
【DEFINITION】 If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
【Declension/Conjugation】 adopted, adopted, adopting, adopts
【ROOTs】 ⑴ ad; to ⑵ opt; to choose
【Etymology】 《Latin adoptare》 chose for oneself, take by choice, select, adopt
【DERIVATIVEs】 adoptee, adopter, adoption, adoptive, adopt
opt ★★★[3223] verb from opt
【DEFINITION】 If you opt for something, or opt to do something, you choose it or decide to do it in preference to anything else.
【Declension/Conjugation】 opted, opted, opting, opts
【ROOTs】 opt; choose
【Etymology】 《Latin optare》 to choose, wish, desire
【First Known Meaning】 wish for, choose, desire,
option ★★★★[1206] noun
【DEFINITION】 ① the opportunity or ability to choose something or to choose between two or more things
② something that can be chosen; a choice or possibility
③ a right to buy or sell something for a specified price during a specified period of time
【pl.】 options
【ROOTs】 ⑴ opt; choose ⑵ ion; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin optionem》 [from root of optare] (nominative optio) choice, free choice, liberty to choose
【First Known Meaning】 action of choosing
【DERIVATIVEs】 optionable, option
Other words containing "opt"; adopted, adoptee, adoption, adoptive, coopt, cooptation, co-option, nonoptional, optation, optative, optional, optionality
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
oper-, opera-
open
one
office
off, of
odi
ode
odd
od-, hod-
nutri-, nutr-
