[1835–45; ‹ L adimere to take away, deprive of, confiscate, equiv. to ad- ad- + -imere, comb. form of emere to take, buy; sp. conformed to redeem]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: daisy chain, ecumenical, placement, serial, squeegeead- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “toward” and indicateddirection, tendency, or addition (adjoin)