English
addorsed
Addorsed comes from Latin ad ‘to the back’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEad‘to the back’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012addorsed
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEad‘to the back’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012addorsed
Earliest quotation: 2012, James Fairbairn, Andrews UK Limited: “EDGHILL, a falcon, wings addorsed and inverted, supporting with…”
Linked words
through Latin ad ‘to the back’
agree, aim, ad, appoint, await, attire, amortization, adage, accolade, affix, alliteration, adulation, affine, après, adroit, apres, apportion, adobo, 19 more
Today it means
adj Set back to back, facing away from each other.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ad / addorsed