ende
Middle English
/ˈɛːnd(ə)/, /ˈɛːn(ə)d/
noun
Definitions
- The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal point of something:
- The marginal or outlying part of something:
- A part of a settlement, province, or nation.
- The limitations or boundaries of something.
- One's ends, aims, goals, or purpose; the direction one chooses.
- (rare) A section or portion of something.
- (rare) A family member; one's kin.
- (rare) The deeper facts or realness of something.
- (rare) What makes something important, purposeful or meaningful.
- (rare) One of the four cardinal directions.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ende inherited from *andī inherited from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (end) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (end).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂entíos
Gloss
end
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
終
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cliffsend English
- Townsend English
- Wallsend English
- anend English
- backend English
- bell-end English
- bookend English
- by-end English
- coend English
- deadend English
- dogend English
- end English
- end in English
- end mark English
- end-foot English
- endable English
- endblown English
- endboard English
- endbox English
- endbrain English
- endbud English
- endbulb English
- endcap English
- endcourt English
- ender English
- endest English
- endeth English
- endful English
- endgame English
- endgate English
- endian English
- endif English
- ending English
- endism English
- endknot English
- endleaf English
- endless English
- endlike English
- endling English
- endloader English
- endly English
- endman English
- endmember English
- endmill English
- endmost English
- endnote English
- endo English
- endpaper English
- endpin English
- endplate English
- endplay English
- endpoint English
- endsay English
- endscraper English
- endsheet English
- endsome English
- endspan English
- endspeech English
- endstage English
- endstation English
- endstone English
- endtime English
- endward English
- endwards English
- endwise English
- endwork English
- ennet English
- fore-end English
- forend English
- headend English
- nose-ender English
- split end English
- tail end English
- tailend English
- unend English
- upend English
- weekend English
- yearend English
- antiae Latin
- einde Dutch, Flemish
- en Dutch, Flemish
- end Dutch, Flemish
- ἀντίος Ancient Greek
- *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂entíos Proto-Indo-European
- *anadz Proto-Germanic
- *andijaz Proto-Germanic
- エンド Japanese
- ende Old English
- endedæg Old English
- endedæġ Old English
- endeleas Old English
- endelēas Old English
- endian Old English
- endung Old English
- ened Old English
- day Middle English
- eende Middle English
- end Middle English
- ende-day Middle English
- endeles Middle English
- endelesly Middle English
- endelesnes Middle English
- endely Middle English
- enden Middle English
- ender Middle English
- endes Middle English
- endyng Middle English
- endyng day Middle English
- hende Middle English
- tayl Middle English
- taylende Middle English
- endi Old Norse
- endir Old Norse
- ende Middle Dutch
- enden Middle Dutch
- (*)endi Old High German
- enti Old High German
- andej Albanian
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *anad gmw-pro
- *andī gmw-pro
- ande Old Dutch
- endi Old Dutch
- *occa Proto-Finnic
- ende Old Frisian
- Enn Hunsrik
- *ońća urj-fpr-pro