Etymology

append

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Today it means: To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended. Full definition →

Middle English appenden ← Old French apendre ← Latin appendō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)pend-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)péndeti
  7. Proto-Italic*pendō
  8. Latinpendō
  9. Latinappendō
  10. Old Frenchapendre
  11. Middle Englishappenden
  12. English todayappend

From Latin appendere (“to hang up, suspend on, pay out”), via Old French apendre, appendre, via Middle English appenden; from ad (“on, upon, against”) + pendere (“to suspend, hang”), equivalent to ad- + pend. Compare with Old English appenden, apenden (“to belong”). See also pendant.

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