appurtenance
4 synonyms for appurtenance, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Something extra that goes along with or is attached to a main thing.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“to belong, to appertain”) — see also appertain. Broken down by form, it is appertain + -ance.
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