ad-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"
English
Etymology
Prefix
ad-
- (no longer productive) near, at.
- (no longer productive) toward, to, tendency, or addition.
Translations
Derived terms
References
- “ad-”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “ad-”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
Catalan
Prefix
ad-
Ido
Etymology
Prefix form of ad.
Prefix
ad-
- to (indicating that to which there is movement, tendency or position, with or without arrival)
Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
For euphony, ad- can assimilate the attached stem's initial consonant, becoming: a- (before sc, sp and st), ac- (before c and q), af- (before f), ag-, al-, ap-, ar-, as-, or at-.
Etymology
From the Latin preposition ad (“towards”), in turn from Proto-Italic *ad, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”).
Prefix
ad-
- to
- usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it often has the effect of intensifying the verbal action
See also
Lushootseed
Prefix
ad-
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *ad-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Cognates include Latin ad and English at.
Prefix
ad-
Derived terms
Descendants
Irish: a- (no longer productive)
Antonyms
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ad- | unchanged | n-ad- |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Prefix
ad-
- ad- (near; at)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- English unproductive prefixes
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan prefixes
- Ido lemmas
- Ido prefixes
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin lemmas
- Latin prefixes
- Lushootseed lemmas
- Lushootseed prefixes
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish prefixes
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese prefixes