Where does “appendix” come from?
Appendix comes from Latin appendix, derived from Latin appendo meaning "to hang to," composed of Latin ad- "to" and Latin ad "to" plus Proto-Indo-European ád "to" and Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- "to stretch or span."
appendix (English): Something attached to something else; an...
Definitions
- Something attached to something else; an...
Ancestry of “appendix”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | appendix | supplement, addition; appendage; barberry |
| 2 | Latin | appendo | I hang or suspend; I weigh out |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |