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marginalia

The origin and history of marginalia.

Etymology

Comes from New Latin marginālia (compare margināle, a neuter singular adjective/noun), itself the Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis (“on the periphery”), which traces back to Latin margō (“border, edge”). Taken at face value, it looks like marginal plus -ia. Compare margin.

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