myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of cooptare

Etymology of the Latin word cooptare

the Latin word cooptare (choose , elect; co-opt)

using the Latin prefix co-

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Latin word optare (choose, select; wish)

English coopt, English co-opt, French coopter, Italian cooptare, Portuguese cooptar