Definition of 'appanage'
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Word origin of 'appanage'
C17: from Old French, from Medieval Latin appānāgium, from appānāre to provide for, from Latin pānis breadWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
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Word origin of 'appanage'
Fr apanage < ML appanagium < appanare, equip, lit., provide with bread < L ad-, to + panis, bread: see foodTrends of 'appanage'
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