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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ad- en · X

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-.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, morpheme) Doing, enacting, forming a verb.
    • attune
    • admixture
    • accouple
    • admarginate
  2. (morpheme) Near, close to, adjacent.
    • admedial
    • addental
    • adaxonal
  3. (morpheme) Towards in direction or movement. (anatomy) Towards the midline of the body.
    • adfluvial
    • adgerminal
    • adapical
  4. (idiomatic, morpheme) Intensifying, additionally.
    • adspection
    • adsignification
    • acclaim
  5. (morpheme) Along, alongside.
    • admarginal
    • adstratum
    • adnervular
  6. (morpheme) Appending and/or prepending. Adding from either side.
    • adfix
    • adposition
    • affix
  7. (morpheme) Modifying.
    • adverb
    • assoil
    • adnominal
  8. (morpheme) Atop or above in position.
    • aggrade
    • adatom
    • adcumulate

Forms

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an- alternative lexicographic
as- alternative lexicographic
a- alternative lexicographic
af- alternative lexicographic
ac- alternative lexicographic
ag- alternative lexicographic
at- alternative lexicographic
ap- alternative lexicographic
al- alternative lexicographic
ar- alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

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

Translations (2)

pt a- (near; at) · pt ad- (near; at)