Etymograph

English

end mark

From end + mark.

A compound of end + mark

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 *mórǵs ‘edge’

Proto-Germanic *markō ‘boundary’

Proto-West Germanic *marku ‘boundary’

Old English mearc ‘mark’

Middle English mark

English mark

Today it means

noun A punctuation mark occurring at the end of a clause or sentence.

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

Etymograph / end mark