English

endband

From end + band.

A compound of end + band

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

Old Occitan banda ‘regiment of troops’

Old French bande

Middle English band

English band

Today it means

noun A strip of fabric attached to the top or bottom of the spine of a book, for decoration and reinforcement.

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