Where does “addendum” come from?
Addendum comes from Latin addendum, the gerundive of Latin addere, meaning to add, from Latin ad and a root meaning to put or place.
addendum (English): Something to be added; especially text added as...
Definitions
- Something to be added; especially text added as...
Ancestry of “addendum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | addere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 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 |