Etymology

appendage

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Today it means: An external body part that projects from the body. Full definition →

English append ← Middle English appenden ← Old French apendre
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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. Englishappend
  13. English todayappendage

From append + -age.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.