Re: adunamentum , correction closer much 93%

Latin _ad_ means 'to, at', the same as English 'at'. (Indeed, in the Latin
of Old English speakers, Latin 'ad' is used to translate the _æt_ that
normally preceded place names.) The Latin word is a common prefix in Latin
verbs.

Richard.

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From: "H.M. Hubey" <hubeyh@...> wrote:
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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Nostratica] Re: adunamentum , correction closer much 93%


> Ok, then there is no problem. It is an accident. But how does one get this
> meaning from "one"? What does *ad- mean?
>
> John wrote:
>
> > Mark Hubey wrote
> >
> > > There is no reason why Latin adun- and Turkic utan cannot be
> > > related. It also shows up in Turkic as uyal, and ayIp (shameful).
> >
> > Fine Mark, except that etymologically we are told the word in Latin
> > was not *adun-, but rather two roots, *ad- and *-una, the second
> > meaning the number 'one'.

Richard.