Latin

optō

‘to choose, select, prefer, opt’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin optō.

9 English words in this record descend from Latin optō, most familiar first.

• option ← optiō
• adoption ← adoptio ← adoptō
• opt ← opter
• optative ← optatif ← optātīvus
• optation ← optatio
• adoptative ← adoptātus ← adoptō
• cooptate ← cooptātus ← cooptō
• exoptable ← exoptabilis ← exoptō
• optate ← optātus

Etymograph / Latin optō