appurtenance

Meaning

Noun

• That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
• Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
• Minor property, such as an outhouse, that passes with the main property when it is sold.
• 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.
• The thing to which another pertains.

Origin

• From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō ("I belong, I appertain"). Equivalent to appertain + -ance. More at appertain.