English

endbud

From end + bud.

A compound of end + bud

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-West Germanic *buʀdā ‘bud of a flower or fruit’

Old English *budde

Middle English budde

English bud

Today it means

noun A terminal bud

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