Additament

/ˌædɪˈteɪmənt/ noun

Something that is added or an additional element; an addition or appendage.

From Latin 'additamentum' (that which is added), from 'addere' (to add) + '-mentum' (agent/result suffix). Emerged in English legal and medical vocabulary in the 16th-17th centuries.

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