Etymograph

English

end in

Phrasal verb from end (intransitive verb) + in (preposition).

A compound of end + in

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face, forehead, front’

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Proto-Germanic *andijaz ‘end’

Proto-West Germanic *andī ‘end’

Old English ende ‘end’

Middle English ende ‘end’

English end

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Today it means

verb To have at the ending; to have as its termination.

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

Etymograph / end in