1. Are these definitions correct? Even though p. 262 below (bottom scan) doesn't list "take up" as a meaning of assūmptiō?

(13th, from Latin assūmptiō, the act of taking up, from Latin assūmere, which is ... to assume).

A little on etymology: the word “assumption” comes from the Latin “assumptio” which means “a taking up” or “receiving” which refers to the Virgin Mary being taken up to heaven.

"up" here appears spatial to me, because it "refers to the Virgin Mary being taken up to heaven", and "The heavens are higher than the earth" (Isa. 55:9). "For as the heaven is high above the earth..." (Psa. 103:11).

2. I always thought that ad- (prefix) meant SOLELY "to", and sup- meant SOLELY "up"! If assūmptiō = 'take up', then does ad- ALSO mean "up" (+ its other meanings like 'to')? Again, p. 2 below (first scan below) doesn't list this meaning.

3. If so, why did ad- mean both 'to' + 'up', when sup- already meant "up"?

Oxford Latin Dictionary (2 edn, 2012). Above p 2. Below p 209.

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