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appendage

noun
/əˈpɛndɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin appendō Old French apendrebor. Middle English appenden English append Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English appendage From append + -age.

  1. inherited from appenden
  2. suffixed as appendage — “append + age”

Definitions

  1. An external body part that projects from the body.

  2. A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.

  3. A part that is joined to something larger.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at appendage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at appendage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at appendage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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