appanage
pronunciation
How to pronounce appanage in British English:
UK ['æpənɪdʒ]
How to pronounce appanage in American English:
US ['æpənɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
- a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
Word Origin
- appanage (n.)
- c. 1600, from French apanage (13c.), from apaner "to endow with means of subsistence," from Medieval Latin appanare "equip with bread," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + panis "bread" (see food). Originally, provisions made for younger children of royalty. The double -p- restored in French 15c.-16c., in English 17c.