English
opt
Opt comes from Latin optō ‘to choose’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoptō‘to choose’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentopter
- Englishearliest quotation 1872opt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoptō‘to choose’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentopter
- Englishearliest quotation 1872opt
Earliest quotation: 1872, Strasburg Germanised: “.... ardent anti-Germans who had 'opted' for France”.
first attested First attested in 1853 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First attested in 1853; borrowed from French opter, from Latin optō (‘to choose; to select’).
Linked words
through Latin optō ‘to choose’
Today it means
verb To choose; select.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin optō / opt