appurtenance.
That which appertains to something else; a belonging, accompaniment, adjunct, appendage, attribute, or accessory ; an addition.
Meaning & usage
That which appertains to something else; a belonging, accompaniment, adjunct, appendage, attribute, or accessory ; an addition.
Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“to belong, to appertain”). More at appertain. By surface analysis, appertain + -ance.
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