Etymograph

English

endspeech

From end + speech.

A compound of end + speech

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 *spereg- ‘to make a sound’

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Proto-West Germanic *sprāku ‘speech, language’

Old English sprǣċ ‘speech, language’

Old English spǣċ ‘speech’

Middle English speche ‘speaking, speech’

English speech

Today it means

noun An epilogue.

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

Etymograph / endspeech