English → Latin
“adopt” in Latin
adoptōto take by choice, choose, select; to assume, adopt; to take someone into a family, adoptarrogōto claim as one's own, arrogate to oneself, assume; to assign, attribute; to confer upon or procure for someoneineōto enter, go into; to begin; to have sexual intercoursecōnstituōto place, put, locate, lay; to set up, establish, constitute, found; to build, erect, constructlēctiōA picking, selecting; A reading, perusal; A chapter
The English word adopt itself goes back to Latin ad, through adoptō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
adopt
adoptare (a minor): arrogare (an older person; who may even be the father of a family).
ImPROP. To adopt a resolution, consilium capere or inire (faciendi aliquid; or with ut or infinitive; or de aliqua re): constituere (to resolve, to fix). To adopt a reading, lectionem, scripturam recipere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for adopt?
- The usual Latin words for “adopt” are adoptō, arrogō, ineō; also cōnstituō, lēctiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.