English
additive
Additive comes from Late Latin additivus, from Latin addō ‘to add’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-1‘to give’root named by Wiktionary
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaddō1as addere, participial stem‘to add’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEadditivus1
- Englishtodayadditive1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English additive
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₃-Wiktionary, English additive‘to give’root named by Wiktionary
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaddōWiktionary, English additiveas addere, participial stem‘to add’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEadditivusWiktionary, English additive
- EnglishtodayadditiveWiktionary, English additive
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘to give’
data, date, die, rent, delicious, dose, surrender, donate, donor, tradition, treason, donation, render, dow, vendor, vent, rendezvous, anecdote, condone, dowry, antidote, rendition, dowager, endow, dower, dacha, sconce, perdition, dative, dati, 40 more
through Latin addō ‘to add’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “additive”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- / additive