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adoptive (adj.)
[adoptive 词源字典]
early 15c., from Middle French
adoptif
, from Latin
adoptivus
"pertaining to adoption," from stem of
adoptere
(see
adopt
).
[adoptive etymology, adoptive origin, 英语词源]