"ad-" meaning in Latin

See ad- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: Prefixed form of the preposition ad (“to, towards”). This prefix also appears in other Italic languages, entailing the reconstruction of Proto-Italic *ad- as a prefix. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*ad-<id:to>|id=to}}, {{dercat|la|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|la|ine|h₂éd}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*ad-}} Proto-Italic *ad- Head templates: {{head|la|prefix}} ad- Forms: ap- [alternative], at- [alternative], ac- [alternative], al- [alternative], ar- [alternative], ag- [alternative], as- [alternative], af- [alternative], am- [alternative, uncommon], an- [alternative, uncommon], ab- [alternative, rare]
  1. to Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ad--la-prefix-Zj6hv~~l
  2. usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it often has the effect of intensifying the verbal action Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ad--la-prefix-qe0jZWdg Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 0 100

Alternative forms

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      },
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at-",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ac-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "al-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ag-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "af-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ab-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
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      },
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        "to"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it often has the effect of intensifying the verbal action"
      ],
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    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin prefixes",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂éd",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
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  "etymology_text": "Prefixed form of the preposition ad (“to, towards”). This prefix also appears in other Italic languages, entailing the reconstruction of Proto-Italic *ad- as a prefix.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ap-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ac-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "al-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ag-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "af-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ab-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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      ],
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        [
          "to",
          "to"
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      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it often has the effect of intensifying the verbal action"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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