Etymograph

English

end

End comes from Old English ende ‘end’, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz ‘end’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos ‘forehead, front’, and ultimately from *h₂ent- ‘face, front’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ent-‘face, forehead, front’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂entíos‘forehead; front’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*andijaz‘end’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*andī‘end’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150ende‘end’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘end’
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1593end

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ent-‘face, forehead, front’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂entíos‘forehead; front’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*andijaz‘end’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*andī‘end’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150ende‘end’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘end’
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1593end

Earliest quotation: c. 1593, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]: “Confound your hidden falsehood, and award / Either of…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’

on, along, upon, ana, anterior, asunder, 8 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face’

and, answer, ancient, antique, ante, 9 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos ‘forehead’

endlessly, 4 more

through Proto-Germanic *andijaz

ending, endless, ender, 4 more

Today it means

noun The terminal point of something in space or time.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- / end

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