Added 6 October 2026
annexation
noun
Latin root: annexation Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about annexation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.
- A legal merging of a territory into another body.
Origin
From Medieval Latin annexation-, stem of annexatio (“action of annexing”), from past participle of annecto.
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