Where does “addend” come from?
addend (English) comes from English addendum, from Latin addere, from Latin addō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
addend (English): Any one of two or more numbers or other terms...
Definitions
- Any one of two or more numbers or other terms...
Ancestry of “addend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | addendum | Something to be added; especially text added as... |
| 2 | Latin | addere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | addō | — |
| 4 | Latin | -dō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 6 | Sicilian | di | — |
| 7 | Latin | dē | — |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |