Etymograph

English

protoadditive

From proto- + additive.

Formed from proto- + additive

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Hellenic *pró

Ancient Greek πρό ‘before’

Ancient Greek πρῶτος ‘first’

English proto-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’

Latin addō ‘to add’

Late Latin additivus

English additive

Today it means

adj Having the property that the result when applied to x + y is less than or equal to the sum of the result when applied to x plus the result when applied to y, for all values x and y in the domain.

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

Etymograph / protoadditive