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- Latin · derived fromaddō“add, give unto”
- Middle English · inherited fromadden
- English todayadd
From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Full definition →
From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.