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DictionaryRoot: ad-
Latin

ad-

to, toward; addition; sometimes emphasis

Forms

  • ad-
  • ac- — Used before c in Latin.
  • af- — Used before f in Latin.
  • ag- — Used before g in Latin.
  • al- — Used before l in Latin.
  • ap- — Used before p in Latin.
  • ar- — Used before r in Latin.
  • as- — Used before s in Latin.
  • at- — Used before t in Latin.

Origin

Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *ad, ‘to; near.’

Note

Later Latin-based spellings sometimes restored consonants that had disappeared in French.

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proper noun

Assumption

The Christian feast celebrating Mary's being taken into heaven.

Etymology
asLatinto, toward; addition; sometimes emphasis
+sumptLatintake or take up
+ionLatinan action, process, or result

Latin ad- and sumere express taking to oneself. The feast’s name refers to Mary being taken into heaven, applying the word’s taking-up sense to that Christian belief.

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