This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (near, at).

    Preposition

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    *ad

    1. toward, to, on, up to, for

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Latin: ad (see there for further descendants)
    • Osco-Umbrian:

    References

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    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ad”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24