Where does “add” come from?
Add comes from Latin addere, formed from the prefix ad- meaning "to" and the root deh₃- meaning "to put or place," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
add (English): To join or unite so as to increase the number,...
Definitions
- To join or unite so as to increase the number,...
Ancestry of “add”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | adden | to join or unite (something with something else); to add |
| 2 | Latin | addō | to add |
| 3 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 5 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |