υιοθετώ

See also: υἱοθετῶ

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek υἱοθετέω (huiothetéō) / υἱοθετῶ (huiothetô). The figurative sense, semantic loan from French adopter.[1] Morphologically, from υιός (yiós, “son”) (υἱός (huiós)) + θέτω (théto, “put, place”) (from τίθημι (títhēmi)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.o.θeˈto/ also see υι (ui, “diphthong <υι>”)
  • Hyphenation: υι‧ο‧θε‧τώ

Verb

υιοθετώ • (yiothetó) (past υιοθέτησα, passive υιοθετούμαι)

  1. to adopt (a child)
  2. (figuratively) to adopt, endorse (an idea or policy)

Conjugation

Synonyms

For the figurative sense:

  • υιοθεσία f (yiothesía, “adoption”)
  • υιοθέτηση f (yiothétisi, “adopting”)
  • and see: υιός m (yiós, “(formal) son”) & θέτω (théto, “put, place”)

References

  1. υιοθετώ - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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