Where does “ajouter” come from?
ajouter (French) comes from Latin adjuxtare, from Latin juxta, from Latin iuxta, from Proto-Italic jougestād, from Proto-Italic jougestos, from Proto-Italic jougos, from Proto-Indo-European yéwgos, from Proto-Indo-European yewg- — to join, to yoke, to tie together.
ajouter (French): to add, append
Definitions
- to add, append
Ancestry of “ajouter”, step by step
ajouter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin adjuxtare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | adjuxtare | — |
| 2 | Latin | juxta | Alternative form of iū̆xtā; near to, nigh |
| 3 | Latin | iuxta | nearly; near, close to; just as |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | jougestād | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | jougestos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | jougos | yoked animals, team |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yéwgos | team, pair of yoked animals |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |
via Old French ajoster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | ajoster | to add |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | adiuxtare | present active infinitive of *adiuxtō |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |