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
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Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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