AD-


Meaning of AD- in English

prefix

or ac- or af- or ag- or al- or ap- or as- or at-

Etymology: ad- from Middle English, from Latin, from ad; ac- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from ad; af- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from ad; ag- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from ad; al- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from ad; ap- from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin, from ad; as- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from ad; at- from Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from ad — more at at

1. : to : toward — usually ac- before c, k, or q

ac culturation

and af- before f

af formative

and ag- before g

ag gradation

and al- before l

al lineation

and ap- before p

ap personation

and as- before s

as self

and at- before t

at tune

and ad- before other sounds

ad nominal

ad verbial

but sometimes ad- even before one of the listed consonants

ad pronominal

2. : near : adjacent to — in this sense always in the form ad-

ad oral

ad renal

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.