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Where does “superadditive” come from?

superadditive (English) comes from English additive, from Late Latin additivus, from Latin addere, from Latin addō, from Latin -dō, from Proto-Germanic -dô, from Sicilian di, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.

superadditive (English): Such that the image of a sum is at least the sum...

Definitions

  1. Such that the image of a sum is at least the sum...

Ancestry of “superadditive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadditivePertaining to addition; that can be, or has been,...
2Late Latinadditivus—
3Latinadderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinaddō—
5Latin-dō—
6Proto-Germanic-dô—
7Siciliandi—
8Latindē—
9Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
10Latinposteablative singular of postis
11Proto-Italicposti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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