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Addition

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the act of adding, or something joined to something else
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Stage 1 of 3
addere
Latin · ancient
"to give to, to put to"
to give to, to put to, from ad- (to) and dare (to give)
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Stage 2 of 3
additio
Latin · ancient
"a putting to, a joining"
a putting to, a joining, from addere
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Stage 3 of 3
addition
English · 1400s
"the act of adding, or something added"
settled as the English word for the act of adding, or something added
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