Etymology

ostend

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Latin ostendere
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ostend · verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromostendere“to show”
  2. English todayostend

Latin ostendere (“to show”).

Ostend · proper noun2

  1. Dutch · derived fromOostende
  2. English todayOstend

From Dutch Oostende, from oost (“east”) + ende (“end”); in the middle ages the city was on the easter end of an island, Testerep, which is now attached to the main land. Doublet of East End.

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