add
UK[æd]US[æd]
v
To put something together with something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.
v
To say something more; to make a further remark.
Etymology
The verb 'add' entered English in the late 14th century from the Latin 'addere', meaning "to join to, attach, place upon." This Latin term is itself a compound, formed from 'ad-' (meaning "to") and '-dere' (a combining form of 'dare', meaning "to give, put"). The core semantic logic of "giving to" or "putting to" something else has remained remarkably consistent. From this literal notion of physically joining or appending, the meaning broadened to encompass the abstract mathematical operation of summation and the rhetorical act of making an additional statement.
Analysis
The word 'add' is a simplex word derived as a whole from Latin.
Examples
Please add your name to the list at the bottom of the page.
If you add three and seven, you get ten.
"And don't be late," she added as we were leaving.