Etymograph

English

end-

End- comes from Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘within’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’, and ultimately from *h₁én ‘in’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥dó‘into, inside’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥dóm‘inside’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éndonreconstructed
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνδονéndon‘within’
  6. Englishtodayend-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥dó‘into, inside’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥dóm‘inside’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éndonreconstructed
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνδονéndon‘within’
  6. Englishtodayend-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

in, internal, entrance, intimate, encounter, impulse, intern, ensemble, intestine, incubation, incense, dysentery, incubus, incubate, impel, interregnum, intimation, agog, enteral, censer, 31 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dó ‘into, inside’

indigenous

through Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘within’

osmosis, endo, 3 more

Today it means

prefix internal, within, inside, into

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁én / end-

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