Etymology

unending

U1N1E1N1D2I1N1G2

Today it means: Not ending; having no end; eternal. Full definition →

English ending ← Middle English ending ← Old English un-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Middle Englishending
  9. Englishending
  10. English todayunending

From un- + ending.

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