English
endcap
From end + cap.
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
Latin caput ‘head’
Late Latin cappa ‘cap, hood, cape’
Proto-West Germanic *kappā ‘covering, hood, mantle’
Old English cæppe ‘cap, hood’
Middle English cappe ‘cap’
English cap
Today it means
noun To add an endcap to.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / endcap