Where does “ad” come from?

ad (Old French) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.

ad (Old French): Alternative form of a; Alternative form of a;...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of a; Alternative form of a;...

Ancestry of “ad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAdtoward, to
2Latinilliche, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
3Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
4LatinolleArchaic form of ille
5Proto-Italic*olnosthat
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →