ENGLISH ROOT WORD: add- "add to", "join" from Latin addere, additio, dare, dere

 

【add-】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Latin word(s) "addere," "additio," "dare," and "dere.". It carries the basic meaning of "add to," "join," and "attach." from PIE *do- "[from de] to give"

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "add-"]

add ****[369] If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it.
addition ****[1732] An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
additional ****[1693] Additional things are extra things apart from the ones already present.

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[WORD ROOT]root add
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] add, addit
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) addere, additio, dare, dere
[MEANING]root add to, join, attach

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 addere [ad+dere] add to, join, attach, place upon
• 【Latin】 additio pps of addere; an adding to, addition
• 【Latin】 dare to give, grant, offer
• 【Latin】 dere to give; to put, place

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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add ★★★★[369] verb from add
【DEFINITION】 ① If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it.
② If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total.
③ If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount.
【Declension/Conjugation】 added, added, adding, adds
【ANTONYM】 subtract
【ROOTs】 add; add
【Etymology】 《Latin addere》 [ad+dere] add to, join, attach, place upon
【First Known Meaning】 to join or unite (something to something else)
【DERIVATIVEs】 add, addable, addible, addition, additional, additive

addition ★★★★[1732] noun from add
【DEFINITION】 An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
【pl.】 additions
【ANTONYM】 subtraction
【ROOTs】 ⑴ add; to put, place, give ⑵ it; - ⑶ ion; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin addere》 [ad+dere] add to, join, attach, place upon
【First Known Meaning】 action of adding numbers
【DERIVATIVEs】 add, addable, addible, addition, additional, additionally, additive

additional ★★★★[1693] adjective from add
【DEFINITION】 Additional things are extra things apart from the ones already present.
【SYNONYM】 extra
【ROOTs】 ⑴ add; to put, place, give ⑵ it; - ⑶ ion; noun suffix ⑷ al; adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin addere》 [ad+dere] add to, join, attach, place upon
【First Known Meaning】 added, supplementary,
【DERIVATIVEs】 add, addition, additional, additionally

Other words containing "add-"; addable, addible, adding, additionally, additive

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

aero
zoo
add-
advant, advan, abante

 

 

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