Etymology

upend

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Today it means: To end up; to set on end. Full definition →

English end ← Middle English ende ← Old English ende
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The story

  1. Englishup-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂entíos
  4. Proto-Germanic*andijaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*andī
  6. Old Englishende
  7. Middle Englishende
  8. Englishend
  9. English todayupend

From up- + end.

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