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ENGLISH ROOT WORD: end "end." from Old English ende

【end】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "ende."
It carries the basic meaning of "end."

from PIE *ant- "front, forehead; in front of, before"



[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "end"]

end ****[162] The end of something such as a period of time, an event, a book, or a film is the last part of it or the final point in it.
ending ***[3143] You can refer to the last part of a book, story, play, or film as the ending, especially when you are considering the way that the story ends.
weekend ****[1140] .Saturday and Sunday



[WORD ROOT]root end
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] end
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) ende
[MEANING]root end

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

  • 【Old English】 ende [from Proto-Germanic *andiaz] end, conclusion, boundary, district, species, class; (originally) the opposite side



Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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end ★★★★[162] noun from end
【DEFINITION】 The end of something such as a period of time, an event, a book, or a film is the last part of it or the final point in it.
【pl.】 ends
【ROOTs】 end; end
【Etymology】 《Old English ende[from Proto-Germanic *andiaz] end, conclusion, boundary, district, species, class; (originally) the opposite side
【DERIVATIVEs】 ender, end

ending ★★★[3143] noun from end
【DEFINITION】 You can refer to the last part of a book, story, play, or film as the ending, especially when you are considering the way that the story ends.
【pl.】 endings
【ANTONYM】 opening
【COMPOSITION】 end + ing
【ROOTs】 end; ing; suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English ende[from Proto-Germanic *andiaz] end, conclusion, boundary, district, species, class; (originally) the opposite side



weekend ★★★★[1140] noun from end
【DEFINITION】 ① .Saturday and Sunday
② a trip or vacation that is taken on Saturday and Sunday
【pl.】 weekends
【COMPOSITION】 week + end
【ROOTs】 week; week end; end
【Etymology】 《Middle English week-end


Other words containing "end"; endlessly

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

empt-, em-, emer-
electr-
eight
edit
eco-
east
ease
earn
duc-, duct-
dub, doubt

 

 

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