codicil
英 ['kɒdɪsɪl; 'kəʊ-]
美 ['kɑdəsl]
codicil 遗嘱修改附录来自code, 原义为记录,记载。-cil, 小词后缀。后成为法律术语,固定为现词义。
- codicil (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French codicille, from Latin codicillus "a short writing, a small writing tablet," diminutive of codex (genitive codicis), see code (n.).
- 1. She add a codicil to her will just before she die.
- 她临终前在遗嘱上加了附录.
来自《简明英汉词典》