appurtenance

Meanings

1. That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
2. Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
3. A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
4. A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
5. The state or quality of being an appurtenance.

Etymology

From Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“to belong, to appertain”). More at appertain. By surface analysis, appertain + -ance.