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adicere
Latin · ancient
"to add to, to throw toward"
to add to, to throw toward, from ad- (to) and iacere (to throw), with irregular past participle adjectus
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Stage 2 of 3
adjectivum
Latin · ancient
"a word added to a noun"
a word added to a noun, from adicere
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Stage 3 of 3
adjective
English · 1400s
"a word that describes or modifies a noun"
settled as the English word for a word describing a noun
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