addition

Forms

1.The act of adding anything.
- The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
2.Anything that is added.
3.The arithmetic operation of adding.
4.A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.

Uncommon· #2190

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.

Proto-Italic *-ðō

Latin -dō

Latin addō

Latin additiōder.

Old French aditionder.

Middle English addicioun

English addition