additio Latin · revision 8880

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la dō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [adˈdɪ.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [adˈdit.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''additiō''' ''f'' (genitive additiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[addō]] “to add” with the suffix [[-tiō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Varro, whom he dates 116–27 BC, and Gaffiot cites his ''De lingua Latina''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the act of adding, addition.^(OLD 2012) Quintilian speaks of the addition and removal of figures of speech, and Caelius Aurelianus of additions to the body.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for adding and expansion, as of adding a letter to a word.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''addizione'' and Spanish ''adición'', and through Old French ''adition'' it gave [[en|addition]] in the late 14th century, “action of adding numbers”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''addition'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|addition|alt=Addition]], adding.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[addō]]

+ * [[en|addition]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}