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ending (n.)[ending 词源字典]: "a coming to an end," early 14c., verbal noun from end (v.). Meaning "the end part (of something)" is from c. 1400. Old English had endunge "ending, end, death."[ending etymology, ending origin, 英语词源]
endive (n.): late 14c., from Old French endive (14c.), from Medieval Latin endivia or a related Romanic source, from Latin intibus. This probably is connected in some way with Medieval Greek entybon, which Klein says is perhaps of Eastern origin (compare Egyptian tybi "January," the time the plant grows in Egypt). Century Dictionary says Arabic hindiba is "appar. of European origin."
endless (adj.): Old English endeleas "boundless, eternal;" see end (n.) + -less. Compare Old Saxon endilos, Dutch eindeloos, German endlos. Related: Endlessly; endlessness. Old English used endeleasnes for "infinity, eternity."
endlong (prep., adv.): c. 1200, "from end to end, lengthwise; through or over the length of," from Old English andlang "from end to end, lengthwise" (see along) with Middle English substitution of ende (see end (n.)) for first element. Meaning "at full length, horizontally" is from early 15c. In Middle English frequently paired with overthwart and together meaning "lengthwise and crosswise," hence "in all directions."
endmost (adj.): 1725, from end (n.) + -most. Middle English had endemest (adv.) "from end to end, throughout."
endo-: word-forming element meaning "inside, within, internal," comb. form of Greek endon "in, within," literally "in the house of," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + base of domos "house" (see domestic).
endocrine (adj.): "secreting internally," 1914, from endo- + Latinized form of Greek krinein "to separate, distinguish" (see crisis). Denoting glands having an internal secretion.
endocrinology (n.): 1917, from endocrine + -ology. Related: Endocrinologist.
endoderm (n.): 1835, from endo- + -derm. Coined by Prussian embryologist Robert Remak (1815-1865).
endogamy (n.): "marriage within the tribe or group," 1865, from endo- on model of polygamy. Related: Endogamous (1865). Opposed to exogamy. Apparently both were coined by Scottish anthropologist John Ferguson McLennan (1827-1881) in "Primitive Marriage."
To this law, the converse of caste, forbidding marriage within the tribe, Mr. M'Lennan has given the name of exogamy: while, instead of caste, since that word involves notions unconnected with marriage, he has used the correlative word -- endogamy. [review in "The Lancet," March 25, 1865]
endogenous (adj.): "growing or proceeding from within," especially with reference to a class of plants including cereals, palms, plantains, etc., 1822, from endo- "within" + -genous "producing."
endometrium (n.): "lining membrane of the uterus," 1882, medical Latin, from endo- + Greek metra "uterus," related to meter (see mother (n.1)). Related: Endometrial (1870).
endomorph (n.): 1940 as one of W.H. Sheldon's three types of human bodies, from endo- + -morph, from Greek morphe "form" (see Morpheus). Earlier, "a mineral encased in the crystal of another mineral" (1874). Related: Endomorphic.
endorphin (n.): "chemical which occurs naturally in the brain and works like morphine," 1975, from French endorphine. First element from endogène "endogenous, growing within" (see endo- + genus); second element from morphine.
endorse (v.): c. 1400, endosse "confirm or approve" (a charter, bill, etc.), originally by signing or writing on the back of the document, from Old French endosser (12c.), literally "to put on the back," from en- "put on" (see en- (1)) + dos "back," from Latin dossum, variant of dorsum "back" (see dorsal). Assimilated 16c. in form to Medieval Latin indorsare. Figurative sense of "confirm, approve" is recorded in English first in 1847. Related: Endorsed; endorsing.
You can endorse, literally, a cheque or other papers, &, metaphorically, a claim or argument, but to talk of endorsing material things other than papers is a solecism. [Fowler]
endorsement (n.): 1540s, from endorse + -ment. Figurative use from 1630s. Earlier endosement (early 15c.).
endoscopy (n.): 1861, from endo- + -scopy.
endoskeleton (n.): 1838, from endo- + skeleton.
endosperm (n.): 1819, perhaps from German, from endo- + sperm.
endospore (n.): 1859, perhaps from French, from endo- + spore.