Meaning: An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
Origin: The word is a combination of append + age. Append has been in use since the late 14th Century to mean “to belong to as a possession or right, from Old French word apendr. A word-forming element in nouns of act process, function, condition, etc., age is derived from the Old French word -age.
Example: The elephant’s trunk is a unique form of appendage.
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