Where does “ad” come from?

ad (Italian) comes from Latin ad, from Proto-Italic ad, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd — to, at.

ad (Italian): to, at, in

Definitions

  1. to, at, in

Ancestry of “ad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
2Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd →Every word from Proto-Italic ad →Every word from Latin ad →
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