Etymology

endware

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Today it means: A hamlet or township; a small settlement or locality. Full definition →

Middle English *endeware ← Old English *endeware
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  1. Old English · inherited from*endeware
  2. Middle English · inherited from*endeware
  3. English todayendware

Inherited from Middle English *endeware, from Old English *endeware (literally “village people”), from ende (“end, extremity”) + -ware (“inhabitants”), metonymically extended from the inhabitants of a settlement to the settlement itself. Compare endship for a similar formation.

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