ado , at1 , from Old English æt , near, by, at, and from Middle English at , “to,” from Old Norse at , both from Germanic *at . ado , at1 , 源自 古英语 æt , 接近, 经过, 在, 并且源自 中古英语 at , “向,” 源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 at , 两者都源自 日耳曼语 *at .
ad- , -ad ; ( adjuvant ), aid , amount , ( paramount ), from Latin ad , ad- , to, toward. ad- , -ad ; ( adjuvant ), aid , amount , ( paramount ), 源自 拉丁语 ad , ad- , 朝向, 向.
语源
Pokorny 1.ad- 3. 波科尔尼 1.ad- 3.
ad- pref.(前缀)
ac- or af- or ag- or al- or ap- or as- or at- Toward; to. Beforec, f, g, k, l, p, q, s, and t, ad- is usually assimilated to ac-, af-, ag-, ac-, al-, ap-, ac-, as-, and at-, respectively. ac- 或 af- 或 ag- 或 al- 或 ap- 或 as- 或 at- 往,向:朝…方向;朝向。在c-,f,g,k,l,p,q,s, 以及 t之前时,ad- 通常各自同化为 ac-,af-,ag-,ac-,al-,ap-,ac-,as- 以及 at-
Near; at: 在…附近;邻近…: adrenal. 肾上腺的
语源
Latin 拉丁语
from ad [to] * see ad- 源自 ad [向…] *参见 ad-
ad-
prefix
to; towards
⇒adsorb
⇒adverb
near; next to
⇒adrenal
Origin
from Latin: to, towards. As a prefix in words of Latin origin, ad- became ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, acq-, ar-, as-, and at- before c, f, g, l, n, q, r, s, and t, and became a- before gn, sc, sp, st
ad-
Word Origin
1
a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “toward” and indicated direction, tendency, or addition: adjoin. Usually assimilated to the following consonant; see a-5, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-2, ap-1, ar-, as-, at-.
Origin
< Latinad, ad- (preposition and prefix) to, toward, at, about; cognate with at1
ad-a prefix of direction, tendency, and addition, attached chiefly to stems not found as words themselves, as in advert, advent.
Also, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, a-. [Latin, representing ad (preposition) to, towards, at, about]
ad- prefix orac-oraf-orag-oral-orap-oras-orat-
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin, from ad — more at at
1. to : toward — usually ac- before c, k, or q acculturation and af- before f affluent and ag- before g aggradation and al- before l alliteration and ap- before p apportion and as- before s assuasive and at- before t attune and ad- before other sounds but sometimes ad- even before one of the listed consonants adsorb 2. near : adjacent to — in this sense always in the form ad- adrenal
ad-
/æd/
prefix
denoting motion or direction to
表示“往”, “向…”:
advance
adduce.
■ reduction or change into
表示“减少”, “变成”:
adapt
adulterate.
■ addition, increase, or intensification
表示“添加”, “增长”, “加剧”:
adjunct.
USAGEAd- is also found assimilated in the following forms:a- before sc, sp, st; ac- before c, k, q; af- before f; ag- before g; al- before l; an- before n; ap- before p; ar- before r; as- before s; at- before t.
词源
from Latin ad 'to'; in the 16th cent. the use of ad- and its variants was extended to replace a- from a different origin such as Latin ab- (e.g. advance, from French avancer based on late Latin abante 'in front').
ad-, prefix1.repr. L. adprep. ‘to,’ cogn. w. Teut.at, frequent in comp. with sense of motion or direction to, reduction or change into, addition, adherence, increase, or simple intensification, as ad-ventus, ad-versus, ad-ditus, ad-albātus, ad-ministrāre, ad-augēre. Before the consonants c, f, g, l, n, p, q, r, s, t, ad- was in later L. assimilated, as ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an, ap-, ac-, ar-, as-, at-; and before sc, sp, st it was reduced to a- (a-scendere, a-strictus, a-spirāre). It remained before vowels, and the consonants d, h, j, m, v. It was probably assimilated before b, in ab-breviāre, for ad-breviāre, cf.al-leviāre, attenuāre, accurtāre. In OFr.ad- was reduced to a- in all cases where its character as a prefix was recognized, even before vowels, as adōrāre, aörer, adornāre, aörner, adæstimāre, aesmier. But in the 14th c. the written forms began to be artificially refashioned after L., this being in words like alouer allouer, anoncer annoncer, atendre attendre, only an artificial spelling, but resulting, in such as aörer adorer, ajoint adjoint, in a real change of sound. In 15th c. this fashion spread to England, where the words had originally been adopted in their OFr. forms, and was here carried out far more rigorously, attacking also words that remained unchanged in Fr., or in which the pedantic form was again rejected, as a-dresser ad-dress, a-vertissement ad-vertisement, a-vouerie ad-vowry. All words subsequently formed in Fr. and adopted in Eng., or formed in Eng. on L. words, or according to L. analogies, follow L. spelling. A very recent use of ad-, unknown to L., is to employ it in contrast to ab- in pairs like ad-oral, ab-oral, situated at the mouth, and away from the mouth.2. While the refashioning of words in OFr.a- was going on in 16th c., mechanical imitation or pedantic assumption extended ad- and its variants to many words in which a- had quite a different origin, as L. ab, OFr.en (an), es, re, OE.a (ar), on, æt, etc.; as in a(d)vanceFr.avancer L. ab-anteāre, a(d)debtedOFr.endetté, a(c)cloyOFr.encloyer L. inclāvāre, admerveylOFr.esmerveiller, a(f)frayOFr.esfreyer, a(f)forceOFr.esforcer L. *exfortiare, a(c)curseME.a-curse, a(l)layOE.a-lecȝan, a(c)know(ledgeOE.on-cnawan, a(d)blastOE.onblæstan, a(d)dightOE.a-dihtan, ȝe-dihtan, a(d)miralArab.amīr-al-. New compounds of native words with prefix a- were also falsely written ad-, as a(d)deem, a(d)doom. In most of these words the perversion went no farther than the spelling, but in some, as a(d)vance, a(d)miral, it has distorted the spoken word.
ad-
word-forming element expressing direction toward or in addition to, from Latin ad "to, toward" in space or time; "with regard to, in relation to," as a prefix, sometimes merely emphatic, from PIE *ad- "to, near, at" (cognate with Old English æt; see at). Simplified to a- before sc-, sp- and st-; modified to ac- before many consonants and then re-spelled af-, ag-, al-, etc., in conformity with the following consonant (as in affection, aggression). In Old French, reduced to a- in all cases (an evolution already underway in Merovingian Latin), but written forms in French were refashioned after Latin in 14c. and English did likewise 15c. in words it had picked up from Old French. In many cases pronunciation followed the shift.
ad-/ad, unstressedəd/prefix.
1.Repr. Latin ad preposition ‘to’, with sense of motion to or direction towards, addition, adherence, increase. The d was assim. to following c, f, g, l, n, p, q, r, s, t (see ac-, af-, etc.); ad- was reduced to a- before sc, sp, st (see a-8). In Old French the double consonants of acc-, add-, etc., were reduced to single ones, and adv- became av-, and Old French words were adopted with such forms in English; but in the 14th cent. these began to be refashioned after Latin, as address. Opp. to ab- away from, as in adaxial, abaxial, ad- is recent.
2.At the same time ad- was substituted for a- of different origin, as in advance, addebted, admiral.
☞ ad
ad- prefix orac-oraf-orag-oral-orap-oras-orat- Etymology:ad- from Middle English, from Latin, from ad; ac- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from ad; af- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from ad; ag- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from ad; al- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from ad; ap- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from ad; as- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from ad; at- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from ad — more at at 1.: to : toward — usually ac- before c, k, or q < acculturation > and af- before f < afformative > and ag- before g < aggradation > and al- before l < allineation > and ap- before p < appersonation > and as- before s < asself > and at- before t < attune > and ad- before other sounds < adnominal > < adverbial > but sometimes ad- even before one of the listed consonants < adpronominal > 2.: near : adjacent to — in this sense always in the form ad- < adoral > < adrenal >
ad-
Prefix
near, at.
adrenal.
toward, to, tendency, or addition.
adjoin.
Etymology
from the Latin prefix ad-.
References
“ad-” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
“ad-” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
【来源及含义】Latin: prefix; to, toward, a direction toward, addition to, near, at; and changes to: ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, aq-, ar-, as-, at- when ad- is combined with certain words that begin with the letters c, f, g, l, n, p, q, r, s, and t
【相关描述】The form ad- appears in this form before a vowel and before the consonants d, h, j, m, and v. It is simplified to a- before sc, sp and st.
Before c, f, g, l, n, p, q, r, s, and t; ad- is changed to ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, aq-, ar-, as-, and at-.
In other words, the d of ad usually changes into the same letter as the first letter of the following root or word when it is a consonant: ad-fix becomes affix, and ad-sign becomes assign; therefore, making a double consonant.
Another example includes: attract as with ad-tract (drawn towards); so it has a double t. On the other hand when ad-precedes a vowel, as with adapt, it is simply ad-apt, with one d. For the same reason, there is only one d in adore and adumbrate, because ad- has combined with orare and umbra each of which starts with a vowel.
So, remember: since these Latin words begin with vowels and not consonants, the d of ad does not double as shown in the previous examples.
【同源单词】a capite ad calcem, Ab ovo usque ad mala, Ab uno ad omnes, Abiit ad majores, abjure, accede