English
endful
Endful comes from Middle English *endful.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*endfulreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1902endful
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*endfulreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1902endful
Earliest quotation: 1902, Iowa State Horticultural Society: “An overgrown fence row or an old thicket became…”
Formed from end + -ful
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
Every English word from Middle English *endful
Today it means
adj Full of ends or aims; characteristic of having a goal, target, or specific agenda; ambitious; busy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English *endful / endful