codicil

• n. 遗嘱的附录

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》