appanage

英 ['æp(ə)nɪdʒ] 美 ['æpənɪdʒ]
  • n. (王、候等的)封地,封禄

英文词源


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.

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