English
endwall
From end + wall.
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 *welH- ‘to turn’
Latin vallum ‘wall’
Proto-West Germanic *wall ‘wall’
Old English weall ‘wall’
Middle English wal
English wall
Today it means
noun A headwall.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / endwall