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auxiliary (adj.)
c.1600, from L.
auxiliaris
"helpful," from
auxilium
"aid, help, support," related to
auctus,
pp. of
augere
"to increase" (see
augment
). Military noun meaning "foreign troops in service of a nation at war" is from c.1600.
