ancillary
[an-suh-ler-ee or, esp. British, an-sil-uh-ree]
- subordinate; subsidiary.
- auxiliary; assisting.
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- something that serves in an ancillary capacity: Slides, records, and other ancillaries can be used with the basic textbook.
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Origin of ancillary
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- subsidiary
- auxiliary; supplementaryancillary services
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- a subsidiary or auxiliary thing or personthe company has an ancillary abroad
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin ancillāris concerning maidservants, from ancilla, diminutive of ancūla female servant
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ancillary
adj.
1660s, "subservient, subordinate," from Latin ancillaris "relating to maidservants," diminutive of ancilla "handmaid," fem. diminutive of anculus "servant," literally "he who bustles about," from root of ambi- "about" (see ambi-) + PIE *kwol-o-, from root *kwel- "move round, turn about, be much about" (see cycle (n.)).
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ancillary
(ăn′sə-lĕr′ē)- Relating to or being auxiliary or secondary.
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