Etymology

apanage

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Today it means: A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright. Full definition →

French apanage ← Latin *appanare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived from*appanare
  2. French · borrowed fromapanage
  3. English todayapanage

From French apanage, from Latin *appanare, adpanare (“to give bread”), from pānis (“bread”).

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