ad
Latin
prep
Definitions
- (direction) toward, to
- up to indicating direction upwards
- near, by, close by, at, to indicating location
- against, on, upon indicating position
- at, about, around, on, in indicating a point in time
- until, to, up to, till] indicating the extent of time
- for, to, toward indicating purpose or aim
- in order to, to, for indicating means
- in comparison with, in comparison to, in relation to
- according to indicating conformity
- in consequence of
- against, at indicating movement 'toward' but in a hostile manner
- among, amongst indicating the sharing of a characteristic
Etymology
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
近
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- advantage English
- advantageable English
- advantageous English
- advantageth English
- appall English
- appaller English
- appallest English
- appalleth English
- appallment English
- at English
- atmark English
- atone English
- atonement English
- eat away at English
- film at 11 English
- hereat English
- overadvantage English
- thereat English
- underadvantage English
- whereat English
- ad- Latin
- bassus Latin
- dīrectus Latin
- vertō Latin
- adresse French
- *h₂éd Proto-Indo-European
- *at Proto-Germanic
- apallen Middle English
- at Middle English
- avantage Middle English
- add- Welsh
- mantais Welsh
- adrese Latvian
- *ad- Proto-Celtic
- 艾特 Chinese
- *ad Proto-Italic
- *ad- Proto-Brythonic