Etymograph

English

endstage

From end + stage.

A compound of end + stage

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

Old French ester ‘to be standing, be located’

Old French estage ‘dwelling, position’

Middle English stage ‘the topmost story of a building’

English stage

Today it means

noun A final stage.

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

Etymograph / endstage