Etymograph

English

endo

Originally used to refer to the bottom tips of the marijuana plant which accumulate the most resin and crystals after being hung to dry, probably from end + -o.

Formed from end + -o

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

The story

Originally used to refer to the bottom tips of the marijuana plant which accumulate the most resin and crystals after being hung to dry, probably from end + -o.

Another origin of endo

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁én‘in’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥dó‘into, inside’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥dóm‘inside’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éndonreconstructed
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνδονéndon‘inner’
  6. Englishtodayendo

Today it means

noun Marijuana.

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

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