English
endplay
From end + play.
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-West Germanic *plegō ‘an exercise’
Proto-West Germanic *plegōn ‘to move; to engage, practice’
Old English plegian ‘to play’
Middle English pleyen ‘to engage in a game or sport’
English play
Today it means
noun A tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / endplay