Addendums

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Supplementary texts or materials that enhance or clarify a primary document serve to provide additional insights or details
2. Additional notes or documents intended to support or elaborate on the main content help in understanding and expanding upon the original material
3. Extra sections or items appended to the end of a text to provide further explanation or information

Etymology: "Addendums" is the plural of "addendum," a Latin word that English borrowed directly in a learned, scholarly form. The Latin "addendum" is the neuter form of "addendus," meaning "that which is to be added," built from "ad" ("to") and "dare"-related "dō" ("to give"), so the sense is something given toward or onto something else. The Latin verb "addō" ("to add") is the source of the whole family. English speakers borrowed the singular "addendum" as a learned term, one that writers reached for when they needed a precise name for material bolted onto the end of a book, report or document. The Latin plural is "addenda," which is why purists prefer that form, while "addendums" follows the regular English pattern of adding -s and is equally standard in modern usage.

Synonyms: supplements, appendices, attachments