English
additive
Additive comes from Late Latin additivus, from Latin addō ‘to add’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaddōas addere, participial stem‘to add’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEadditivus
- Englishtodayadditive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-‘to give’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaddōas addere, participial stem‘to add’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEadditivus
- Englishtodayadditive
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’
data, date, die, rent, delicious, dose, surrender, donate, donor, tradition, treason, donation, render, dow, vendor, vent, rendezvous, anecdote, condone, dowry, antidote, rendition, dowager, endow, dower, dacha, sconce, perdition, dative, dati, 40 more
through Latin addō ‘to add’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / additive