ending
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ending¹
- /ˈɛndɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɛndɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English endynge, endyng, endinge, from Old English endung, ġeendung (“ending”), equivalent to end + -ing. Cognate with Dutch ending (“ending”), German Endung (“ending”).
noun endings
- A termination or conclusion.
- The last part of something. The book has a happy ending.
- The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -s in "dogs"). Spanish verb forms have different endings depending on the tense, mood and person.
Similar: termination, suffix
ending²
- /ˈɛndɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɛndɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of end
