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Indo-European Lexicon

PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes

Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.

Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.

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Pokorny Etymon: 2. op- 'to opt, choose, opine, suggest'

Semantic Field: to Will, Wish

Indo-European Reflexes:

Family/Language	Reflex(es)	PoS/Gram.	Gloss	Source(s)
English
Middle English:	adopten	vb	to adopt	AHD
	opinion	n	opinion	W7
English:	adopt	vb.trans	to take into relationship (by choice)	AHD/W7
	co-opt	vb.trans	to choose/elect as fellow member/colleague	AHD/W7
	opine	vb	to state as opinion	AHD/W7
	opinion	n	view/judgment/appraisal of particular matter	AHD/W7
	opt	vb.intrans	to make a choice	AHD/W7
	optative	adj	re: expressing wish/choice	AHD
	option	n	act of choosing	AHD/W7
W-Germanic
German:	Option	n.fem	option	LRC
Italic
Latin:	adopto, adoptāre	vb	to adopt	W7
	coopto, cooptare	vb	to choose, elect	W7
	opinio, opinionis	n.fem	opinion, belief	W7
	opīnor, opīnārī	vb.dep	to have an opinion	W7
	optio, optionis	n.fem	free choice	W7
	optō, optāre	vb	to opt, choose	W7
Old French:	adopter	vb	to adopt	AHD
Middle French:	adopter	vb	to adopt	W7
	opiner	vb	to have as an opinion	W7
	opinion	n.fem	opinion, point of view	W7
French:	opter	vb	to opt, choose	W7
	option	n.fem	choice	W7
Hellenic
Greek:	epiopsw	vb	to be about to opt/choose	W7

Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:

Abbrev.		Meaning
adj	=	adjective
dep	=	deponent
fem	=	feminine (gender)
intrans	=	intransitive
n	=	noun
trans	=	transitive
vb	=	verb

Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):

Code		Citation
AHD	=	Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000)
LRC	=	Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin
W7	=	Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963)

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