The word 'adit' is originally from Latin 'aditus'

'Adit' is a word borrowed from Latin 'aditus'. The word entered the English language some time around 1602.

adit [noun] [1602]

A nearly horizontal passage from the surface in a mine

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Etymology: Latin 'aditus' approach, from 'adire' to go to, from 'ad-' + 'ire' to go

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