Synonyms & related words for ancillaries

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Words related to ancillaries

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Where does ancillaries come from?

The word ancillaries breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and English origin: ancill, from Latin ancilla (“maidservant, handmaid”); -ari, from Latin arius (“pertaining to”); and -es, from English es (“plural”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.