add的词源

英文词源

add

add: [14] Etymologically, add means simply ‘put to’. Its source is Latin addere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and the stem -dere ‘put’ (which is related to English do). Its original meaning in English was simply ‘join one thing to another’; its specific mathematical use did not develop until the early 16th century.
=> do

add (v.)

late 14c., "to join or unite (something to something else)," from Latin addere "add to, join, attach, place upon," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + -dere comb. form meaning "to put, place," from dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Meaning "to do sums, do addition" also is from late 14c. Related: Added; adding. To add up "make sense" is from 1942.

中文词源

add：加

前缀ad-, 去，往。-d同词根don, 给予，见donate.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：add 词源，add 含义。

add：加

英语的“加”叫add，来自拉丁语addo，ad即“to”；do “put”合起来即put to，也就是“加上”。

add：增加，添加

来源于拉丁语动词addere(增加),由前缀ad-(来)和-dere(放置)组成,而-dere(放置)和英语do有共源关系。