8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
adjective of parents and children; related by adoption
adjective acquired as your own by free choice
originEtymology tree English adopt Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English adoptive From adopt + -ive.
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