From Middle English endere, ender; equivalent to end (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).
Meanings
Something which ends another thing.
The papal paragraph quoted at the outset of this essay is a starting point for some future intervention, not an argument ender that anyone in Silicon Valley is likely to accept. 2026 May 27, Ross Douthat, “Pope Leo’s A.I. Vision Might Not Be Strange Enough”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
enm endere (something ending another thing) · es finalizador (something ending another thing) · sv avslutare (something ending another thing) · es terminador (something ending another thing)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos
Proto-Germanic *andijaz
Proto-West Germanic *andī
Old English ende
Middle English ende
English end
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English ender
From end (noun) + -er (relational noun suffix).
Meanings
(qualifier:kayaking) A maneuver in which one uses the pressure of a wave to flip one's kayak end over end.