English

endbrain

From end + brain.

A compound of end + brain

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-Germanic *bragną

Proto-West Germanic *bragn

Old English bræġn ‘brain’

Middle English brayn ‘brain’

English brain

Today it means

noun The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon.

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

Etymograph / endbrain