Where does “ender” come from?

ender (English) comes from English End, from Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-Germanic andi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

ender (English): Something which ends another thing; A maneuver in...

Definitions

  1. Something which ends another thing; A maneuver in...

Ancestry of “ender”, step by step

ender traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English End

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEndA key that when pressed causes the cursor to go...
2Middle EnglishendeThe end or finishing of a thing; the terminal...
3Old Englishendeend, limit, border, corner
4Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Middle English endere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishendereA person who finishes or consummates something; an ender or completer
2Middle English-ereer
3Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Ender

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEnder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-