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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verb
adjust
uh-JUST/əˈdʒʌst/
To change enough to fit particular conditions.
Etymology
The pieces originally expressed bringing things near one another. Through the sense of fitting things together properly, the word came to mean changing something to conform to a standard or another thing.
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- accolade
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- accost
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- accurate
- accusation
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- accuse
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- addressSpeaking to others
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- adherent
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- assemblage
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- assent
- assert
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- assimilate
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- assist
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