Where does “additivity” come from?
Additivity derives from English additive plus the suffix -ity, which comes from French -ité, from Latin -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -it-.
additivity (English): The property of being additive; The extent to...
Definitions
- The property of being additive; The extent to...
Ancestry of “additivity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | additive | Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been,... |
| 2 | Late Latin | additivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | addere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | addō | to add |
| 5 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 7 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 8 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |