add

Where does the word "add" come from? It comes from Latin addere, and was adopted directly into English (1300s).

Add’s story begins in Latin: addere meant “to give to, to put to.” To give to, to put to, from ad- (to) and dare (to give). It reached English by 1300s as add. First recorded before 1382 in the Wycliffite Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. Today, add means to join or put something together with something else, or to combine numbers.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient addere "to give to, to put to", to give to, to put to, from ad- (to) and dare (to give).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1300s add "to join something to something else", first recorded before 1382 in the Wycliffite Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate.