Where does “-end” come from?

-end (English) comes from Latin -endus — ending of the future passive participle (.

-end (English): Forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of...

Definitions

  1. Forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of...

Ancestry of “-end”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-endusending of the future passive participle (

Words derived from “-end

Every word from Latin -endus
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