English Explanatory Dictionary

ad-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Doing, enacting, forming a verb.
  2. Near, close to, adjacent.
  3. Towards in direction or movement. (anatomy) Towards the midline of the body.
  4. Intensifying, additionally.
  5. Along, alongside.
  6. Appending and/or prepending. Adding from either side.
  7. Modifying.
  8. Atop or above in position.

Word forms

ad- a- ac- af- ag- al- an- ap- ar- as- at-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- Borrowed from Latin ad-. Doublet of at-.

Derived words

adatom adcumulate aggrade adambulacral adanal adaxial adaxonal adcloacal addental adepithelial adessive admaxillary admedial admedially admedian admesal adneural adoral adrectal adrenal adrostral adsymphysial appropinquity adapical adbasal adcauline adfluvial adfreeze adgerminal adluminal adluminally admesial accend acclaim adsignification adspection admarginal adnervular adstratal adstratum accident accouple accrue acculturation adjust admarginate admix admixture adopt affix append arrest attrap attune adfix adposition adnominal adverb assoil
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