English

endmember

From end + member.

A compound of end + member

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-Indo-European *mḗms ‘flesh’

Proto-Italic *memzrom

Latin membrum ‘limb’

Old French membre

Middle English membre

Today it means

noun A member at one end of a range or series made up of similar members.

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

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