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"to add" in seven languages

Meaningto add

Spanish

añadir

/aɲaˈdiɾ/

inherited

Old Spanish eñadir, from spoken Latin *INADDERE: ADDERE with an extra prefix. In arithmetic: sumar.

French

ajouter

/aʒute/

other source · Old French ajoster 'to put beside', from spoken Latin *ADIUXTĀRE (IUXTĀ 'next to')

In arithmetic: additionner.

Italian

aggiungere

/adˈdʒundʒere/

other source · Latin ADIUNGERE 'to join to'

In arithmetic: sommare or addizionare.

Portuguese

acrescentar

/akɾesẽˈtah/

other source · Portuguese acrescer (Latin ACCRĒSCERE 'to grow on')

Romanian

adăuga

/adəuˈɡa/

other source · Latin ADAUGĒRE 'to increase'

Catalan

afegir

/əfəˈʒi/

other source · Latin AFFĪGERE 'to fasten to' (Coromines)

English

add

/æd/

from Latin/French · Latin ADDERE

English → Italianto addaggiungereNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: addition, additive; adjust (*ADIUXTĀRE); adjunct, join (ADIUNGERE).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

ADDERE‘to put to, add’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Three ways to add: Spanish 'put in' (*INADDERE), French 'put next to' (the source of English adjust), Italian 'join to'. English took Latin ADDERE straight from the book.

English relatives: addition, additive; adjust (*ADIUXTĀRE); adjunct, join (ADIUNGERE)

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In a sentence

  • esAñade un poco de sal.
  • frAjoute un peu de sel.
  • itAggiungi un po' di sale.
  • ptAcrescente um pouco de sal.
  • roAdaugă puțină sare.
  • caAfegeix-hi una mica de sal.
  • enAdd a little salt.

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