Where does “appendage” come from?

Appendage comes from English append, from Latin appendere meaning to hang toward, composed of Latin ad- toward and pendere to hang, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to stretch or extend.

appendage (English): An external body part that projects from the...

Definitions

  1. An external body part that projects from the...

Ancestry of “appendage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ageforming nouns with the sense of collection or...
2Middle English-ageForms nouns indicating a right or relationship;...
3Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
4Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
5Latin-āticum

Words derived from “appendage

Every word from Latin -āticum
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