Footnote

n.

1.

A note of reference or comment at the foot{4} of a page.

Noun	1.	footnote - a printed note placed below the text on a printed page Synonyms: footer
Verb	1.	footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" Synonyms: annotate

adversaria, aide-memoire, annotation, apparatus criticus, comment, commentary, commentation, docket, entry, exegesis, gloss, item, jotting, marginal note, marginalia, memo, memoir, memorandum, memorial, minutes, notation, note, note of explanation, register, registry, reminder, scholia, scholium, word of explanation