A compound of end + bulb
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
Ancient Greek βολβός ‘plant with round swelling on underground stem’
Latin bulbus ‘bulb, onion’
Middle English bulb
English bulb
Today it means
noun One of the bulb-like bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes.
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Etymograph / endbulb
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