Etymology of the English word adnoun
the English word
adnounderived from the English word
adjectivederived from the French word
adjectifderived from the Latin word
adiectivus (that is added; adjective)
derived from the Latin word
adiectareusing the Latin prefix
ad- (to, in addition)
derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
derived from the Latin word
adiicere (add, increase, raise)
derived from the Late Latin word
iacere (to throw; lie; lie down; lie ill; throw, hurl, cast)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*yē-derived from the English word
nounusing the English prefix
ad-derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
Date
The earliest known usage of adnoun in English dates from the 18th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
