Etymograph

English

endmill

From end + mill.

A compound of end + mill

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 molō ‘to grind’

Late Latin molīna ‘mill’

Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu ‘mill’

Old English mylen

Middle English mylne ‘mill’

English mill

Today it means

noun A type of milling machine: a cutter (cutting tool used in machining) with cutting edges on both the end and sides.

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

Etymograph / endmill