Where does “additive” come from?
Additive comes from Late Latin additivus, meaning "that which is added."
additive (English): Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been,...
Definitions
- Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been,...
Ancestry of “additive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | additivus | — |
| 2 | Latin | addere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | addō | to add |
| 4 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 6 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
Words derived from “additive”
- additivity
- additively
- nonadditive
- subadditivity
- subadditive
- nonadditivity
- superadditive
- superadditivity
- additiveness
- interadditive
- cycloadditive
- protoadditive
- additivism
- geoadditive
- heteroadditive
- hypoadditive
- overadditive
- phytoadditive
- underadditive
- heteroadditivity
- hypoadditivity
- nonadditively
- subadditively
- superadditively