ad-
Latin
prefix
Definitions
- to
- usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it often has the effect of intensifying the verbal action
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *ad derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (at, near, to).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂éd
Gloss
at, near, to
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -stat English
- ad- English
- adequal English
- adsorb English
- advance English
- advanceable English
- advanced English
- advancer English
- advancest English
- advanceth English
- advancive English
- affair English
- assure English
- columnist English
- cult English
- decollate English
- decollation English
- horticulture English
- obstinacy English
- obstinancy English
- obstinateness English
- obstinence English
- readvance English
- staid English
- stasis English
- stative English
- stoa English
- telegram English
- teletype English
- telic English
- telicity English
- stoa Finnish
- *accolligere Latin
- *adastō Latin
- *adgasaliare Latin
- *admonestāre Latin
- *admortire Latin
- *admortīre Latin
- *adpācāre Latin
- *affumāre Latin
- *appācāre Latin
- *arrestare Latin
- *arrestāre Latin
- *arrestāre, *arresto Latin
- *arrestō Latin
- *assecūrāre Latin
- *assecūrō, *assecuro, *assecūrāre Latin
- *assuaviō Latin
- *assēcūrō, *assēcūrāre, *assecuro Latin
- *invaginare Latin
- Colōnia Agrippīna Latin
- abolefacio Latin
- ac Latin
- ac- Latin
- accolāre, accolare Latin
- advertō Latin
- aestimāre Latin
- affecto Latin
- afficio Latin
- agricola Latin
- agricultura Latin
- algificus Latin
- allicefacio Latin
- animadverto Latin
- arefacio Latin
- arma Latin
- assuefacio Latin
- astrifico Latin
- bassus Latin
- benefacio Latin
- calefacio Latin
- candefacio Latin
- candifico Latin
- certificatum Latin
- colligere Latin
- collum Latin
- collāris Latin
- colo Latin
- colonia Latin
- colonus Latin
- columna Latin
- colōnia Latin
- commonefacio Latin
- conficio Latin
- cultura Latin
- cultus Latin
- cultōrem Latin
- cultūra Latin
- cōnstō Latin
- desuefacio Latin
- dīrectus Latin
- efficio Latin
- existentem Latin
- existentia Latin
- existere Latin
- exsistere Latin
- facesso Latin
- facilis Latin
- faciō Latin
- factio Latin
- facto Latin
- factor Latin
- gasalian Latin
- inficio Latin
- instans, instant- Latin
- interficio Latin
- madefacio Latin
- malefacio Latin
- melior Latin
- melioratio Latin
- meliōrō Latin
- nubificus Latin
- obstināntia Latin
- obstinātus Latin
- officio Latin
- perficio Latin
- persistēns Latin
- praeficio Latin
- proficio Latin
- putrefacio Latin
- reficio Latin
- resto, restāre Latin
- rēstaurāre Latin
- satisfacio Latin
- sentifico Latin
- stabilis Latin
- stabulum Latin
- stamen Latin
- stantis, stans, stāns Latin
- statiōnem Latin
- stator Latin
- status Latin
- statīvus Latin
- stiva Latin
- stupefacio Latin
- stāmina Latin
- stāre Latin
- stāre, sto, stō Latin
- stātiō Latin
- stō Latin
- sufficio Latin
- torrefacio Latin
- vannus Latin
- verifico Latin
- vertō Latin
- viscericola Latin
- Affäre German
- accogliere Italian
- accollato Italian
- affaire Italian
- affare Italian
- affumare Italian
- ammortire Italian
- arrestare Italian
- assicurare Italian
- avanzare Italian
- avvertire Italian
- telefonata Italian
- telefonatore Italian
- telefonatrice Italian
- vanni Italian
- affaire, affaires Dutch, Flemish
- staat Dutch, Flemish
- statisch Dutch, Flemish
- tele- Dutch, Flemish
- telegraferen Dutch, Flemish
- telegrafisch Dutch, Flemish
- telescoop Dutch, Flemish
- wan Dutch, Flemish
- a- French
- accolade French
- accoucher French
- adsorber French
- adsorbeur French
- affaire French
- affairisme French
- amortir French
- assurer French
- défaire French
- faire French
- faire-part French
- faisable French
- méfaire French
- parfaire French
- stage French
- station French
- télégraphe French
- télégraphie French
- téléphone French
- télévision French
- van French
- étage French
- адсорбировать Russian
- афера Russian
- станция Russian
- a- Spanish, Castilian
- acaecer Spanish, Castilian
- acaecimiento Spanish, Castilian
- advertir Spanish, Castilian
- affaire Spanish, Castilian
- agasajar Spanish, Castilian
- ahumar Spanish, Castilian
- apagar Spanish, Castilian
- arrestar Spanish, Castilian
- asegurar Spanish, Castilian
- βουκολικός Ancient Greek
- εὐσταθής Ancient Greek
- κυκλοτερής Ancient Greek
- κύκλος Ancient Greek
- μετανάστασις Ancient Greek
- μετανίστημι Ancient Greek
- πάλαι Ancient Greek
- πέλω Ancient Greek
- περιπλόμενος Ancient Greek
- πλήμνη Ancient Greek
- πόλος Ancient Greek
- στάδιον Ancient Greek
- στάδιος Ancient Greek
- στάθμη Ancient Greek
- στάσις Ancient Greek
- στέᾱτος Ancient Greek
- σταδιεύς Ancient Greek
- σταμίς Ancient Greek
- στασίαρχος Ancient Greek
- στασιάρχης Ancient Greek
- στατικός Ancient Greek
- στατῆρα Ancient Greek
- σταυρός Ancient Greek
- σταυρόω Ancient Greek
- στοά Ancient Greek
- στώμιξ Ancient Greek
- σύστημα Ancient Greek
- τέλειος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τελέω Ancient Greek
- τηλεσκόπος Ancient Greek
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
- ἀστασίαστος Ancient Greek
- ἐν Ancient Greek
- ἱστός Ancient Greek
- ὑποστάτης Ancient Greek
- *(s)kel- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)teg- Proto-Indo-European
- *-kʷolos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷowkólos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷowkólos, *gʷow-kólos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷṓws Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁su- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-kʷol-ó-s, *h₂m̥bʰikʷolós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éd Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷekʷlóm Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷl̥His Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷl̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolso- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolsom Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷukʷlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷékʷlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷéleti Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷélus Proto-Indo-European
- *per- Proto-Indo-European
- *per-, *pr- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *ste-stóh₂-e, *stestóh₂e Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂-, *sth₂-dʰ-mós Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂-, *stoh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂-ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *stel- Proto-Indo-European
- *sth₂-dʰ-mó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *sth₂-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
- *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European
- *stoh₂los Proto-Indo-European
- *stoh₂wih₂, *stoh₂-w-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *stoh₂éyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *stut- Proto-Indo-European
- *stéh₂t, *h₁é-steh₂-t Proto-Indo-European
- *stéh₂tis Proto-Indo-European
- *stísteh₂ti Proto-Indo-European
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- stn̥h₂énti, *stnéh₂ti Proto-Indo-European
- stéh₂-no-m Proto-Indo-European
- affære Norwegian Bokmål
- abano Portuguese
- admoestar Portuguese
- advertir Portuguese
- agasalhar Portuguese
- apagar Portuguese
- arrestar Portuguese
- culto Portuguese
- *at Proto-Germanic
- *bistandaną Proto-Germanic
- *furaistandaną Proto-Germanic
- *gasaljô Proto-Germanic
- *stadifastuz Proto-Germanic
- *stadiz Proto-Germanic
- *stallaz Proto-Germanic
- *stamnaz Proto-Germanic
- *standaną Proto-Germanic
- *standaz Proto-Germanic
- *stauraz Proto-Germanic
- *staþulaz Proto-Germanic
- *stundō Proto-Germanic
- *stāną Proto-Germanic
- *stōdijaną Proto-Germanic
- *stōdą Proto-Germanic
- *stōlaz Proto-Germanic
- *stōwō Proto-Germanic
- *uzstandaną Proto-Germanic
- affär Swedish
- adrenalina Polish
- affære Norwegian Nynorsk
- fann Old English
- stedefæst Old English
- stǣlwierþe Old English
- अनुष्ठान Sanskrit
- आचार Sanskrit
- चर् Sanskrit
- चलति Sanskrit
- संस्थान Sanskrit
- संस्थापक Sanskrit
- स्थगित Sanskrit
- स्थल Sanskrit
- स्थल् Sanskrit
- स्था Sanskrit
- स्थान Sanskrit
- स्थित Sanskrit
- চৰতি, चरति Sanskrit
- abawed Middle English
- afere Middle English
- amen Middle English
- apaien Middle English
- apayed Middle English
- avauncen Middle English
- -stǿðr Old Norse
- inquilinus Old Norse
- staddr Old Norse
- staurr Old Norse
- staða Old Norse
- staðinn Old Norse
- steði Old Norse
- steðjanef Old Norse
- steðjasteinn Old Norse
- stórleikr Old Norse
- stóð Old Norse
- stǫðu Old Norse
- stǫðugleikr Old Norse
- stǫðugr Old Norse
- stǫðva Old Norse
- facon Danish
- *kolo Proto-Slavic
- *stado Proto-Slavic
- *stanъ Proto-Slavic
- *starъ Proto-Slavic
- *stati Proto-Slavic
- *staviti Proto-Slavic
- *stojati Proto-Slavic
- *stolъ Proto-Slavic
- أسطوانة Arabic
- a- Old French
- abaubir Old French
- acoillir Old French
- acouchier Old French
- afaire Old French
- amortir Old French
- apaier Old French
- apaiier Old French
- araisnier Old French
- arest Old French
- arester Old French
- asseurance Old French
- asseurer Old French
- asuagier Old French
- avertir Old French
- esmer Old French
- ester Old French
- estre Old French
- mal Old French
- rasseurer Old French
- afero Esperanto
- afera Serbo-Croatian
- acollir Catalan, Valencian
- advertir Catalan, Valencian
- amainar Catalan, Valencian
- apagar Catalan, Valencian
- स्थायी Hindi
- abanar Galician
- abanicar Galician
- abano Galician
- afuar Galician
- afungar Galician
- amoestar Galician
- afuma Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- amorți Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- چالش Persian
- چریدن Persian
- dychwelyd Welsh
- pell Welsh
- sawdl Welsh
- wannen Middle Dutch
- stand Old High German
- wanna Old High German
- klaips Latvian
- հոլով Old Armenian
- attá Old Irish
- at·tá Old Irish
- ditá Old Irish
- ·éta Old Irish
- accouocher Norman
- affaire Norman
- စက်ဘီး Burmese
- abastardir Middle French
- amoliss- Middle French
- amortir Middle French
- asseurer Middle French
- avertir Middle French
- faire Middle French
- *𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍄- Gothic
- 𐌰𐍄𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *stadi gmw-pro
- acoller Old Portuguese
- afumar Old Portuguese
- assegurar Old Portuguese
- *ad- Proto-Celtic
- *ad-tāyeti Proto-Celtic
- *sistāti Proto-Celtic
- *tāti Proto-Celtic
- *u̯o-stutā Proto-Celtic
- *staH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *sthāna Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *stáHnam Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *stʰáHnam Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *čárati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- adastu Aromanian
- fac Aromanian
- staanda Old Swedish
- *ad Proto-Italic
- *watnos Proto-Italic
- afumar Asturian
- asegurar Asturian
- arrestar Old Occitan
- asegurar Old Occitan
- éitir Middle Irish
- seudhel Cornish
- *stānja Proto-Albanian
- *stā́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- fè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fer Mauritian Creole
- zafer Mauritian Creole
- *stab- Proto-Brythonic
- aṅklautkatte Tocharian B
- stamalñe Tocharian B
- *palaiós, *palai(y)ós Proto-Hellenic
- amillorar Aragonese
- fais Louisiana Creole French
- zafer Seychellois Creole
- adbertir Mirandese
- стын Ossetian, Ossetic
- acolada Franco-Provençal
- arrètar Franco-Provençal
- afoaire Picard
- fè Antillean Creole
- *kaklas bat-pro
- εσταες Phrygian
- ac
- stō
- ac-
- sto
- stō
- colo
- arma
- resto
- stāre
- vertō
- stiva
- stāre
- faciō
- facto
- bassus
- collum
- stamen
- status
- cultus
- stans
- stāns
- melior
- stātiō
- vannus
- cōnstō
- factio
- stator
- factor
- facesso
- cultūra
- officio
- affecto
- stantis
- cultura
- columna
- stāmina
- advertō
- meliōrō
- efficio
- reficio
- colonia
- afficio
- facilis
- *adastō
- colōnia
- instans
- inficio
- colonus
- restāre
- arefacio
- proficio
- dīrectus
- *arrestō
- sufficio
- existere
- verifico
- stabulum
- agricola
- cultōrem
- stabilis
- collāris
- perficio
- gasalian
- statīvus
- accolāre
- conficio
- *assuaviō
- algificus
- *affumāre
- malefacio
- *assecūrō
- sentifico
- astrifico
- calefacio
- exsistere
- *arresto
- *appācāre
- *adpācāre
- statiōnem
- benefacio
- instant-
- colligere
- nubificus
- candifico
- madefacio
- aestimāre
- accolare
- *assēcūrō
- praeficio
- *arrestare
- abolefacio
- assuefacio
- putrefacio
- *assecuro
- melioratio
- torrefacio
- *arrestāre
- existentem
- *admortire
- candefacio
- *arrestāre
- existentia
- *admortīre
- persistēns
- rēstaurāre
- interficio
- obstinātus
- stupefacio
- satisfacio
- desuefacio
- *assecuro
- viscericola
- *invaginare
- *assecūrāre
- obstināntia
- agricultura
- allicefacio
- animadverto
- *adgasaliare
- *accolligere
- *admonestāre
- *assecūrāre
- commonefacio
- certificatum
- *assēcūrāre
- Colōnia Agrippīna