Where does “pit adder” come from?
pit adder (English) comes from English adder, from English add, from Middle English adden, from Latin addō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
pit adder (English): Any of various venomous snakes of the family...
Definitions
- Any of various venomous snakes of the family...
Ancestry of “pit adder”, step by step
pit adder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adder | Any snake; A name loosely applied to various... |
| 2 | English | add | To join or unite so as to increase the number,... |
| 3 | Middle English | adden | to join or unite (something with something else); to add |
| 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 |