opt- root words — words with the opt- root

The root opt- comes from Latin optare, meaning to wish, choose. 10 words in Dendril are built from it, including adoptability, adoptable, adoptee, adoptianist, adoptionism, adoptionist, cooption, optative, readopt, readoption. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the opt- root

Explore words with opt- — words containing the opt- root and sharing its sense of "to wish, choose". Examples include adoptability, adoptable, adoptee, adoptianist, adoptionism, adoptionist, cooption, optative, readopt, readoption. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The opt- root means to wish, choose, from Latin optare. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.