Etymograph

English

addendum

Addendum comes from Latin addō ‘to add’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’root as named
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaddōas addere, gerundive‘to add’
  3. Englishtodayaddendum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’root as named
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaddōas addere, gerundive‘to add’
  3. Englishtodayaddendum

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’

data, date, die, rent, tradition, dose, delicious, donate, donation, donor, treason, dow, surrender, vent, vendor, antidote, anecdote, render, dowry, rendition, condone, rendezvous, dowager, perdition, dative, dower, dacha, dati, sconce, endow, 39 more

through Latin addō ‘to add’

addition, add, additive, 3 more

Today it means

noun Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / addendum