English
endif
From end + if.
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 *jabą ‘condition’
Proto-Germanic *jabai ‘when’
Proto-West Germanic *jabu
Old English ġif
Middle English if ‘if’
English if
Today it means
noun A directive, in several programming languages, that marks the end of an if statement, especially one containing multiple if ... then ... else statements.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / endif