adition

Old French

Noun

adition oblique singular, f (oblique plural aditions, nominative singular adition, nominative plural aditions)

1. addition (that which is added)
   • a. 1275, unknown, Roman de Rose:

     Set Deus quanqu'il en avendra E quel fin chascune tendra, Par une addicion legiere, c'est a savoir en tel maniere come eles sont a avenir

     God knows whatever will happen of it and [to] what and each one will tend, by a mere addition, that is, in such a way, how they will happen.

References

• Etymology and history of “addition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.