Synonyms & related words for empennage

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Words related to empennage

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Where does empennage come from?

The word empennage breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and French origin: em-, from Latin in (“in, to make”); penn, from Latin penna (“feather”); and -age, from French aticum (“collective noun”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.