Etymology of the English word endorse
the English word
endorsederived from the Old French word
endosserderived from the Old French word
dosderived from the Latin word
dorsum (back; back, range, ridge)
derived from the French word
en-using the Latin prefix
in- (suffix for no)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ne (not)
derived from the Old French word
pannederived from the Old French word
pennederived from the Latin word
penna (feather; pinna, feather; feather; feather, wing)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pet-derived from the Classical Latin word
pinna (feather; feather; wing; fin; lobe)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pet-derived from the Latin word
patenaderived from the Greek word
pathnederived from the Greek word
phatne, φάτνη (a crib (for fodder))
derived from the French word
pannausing the French suffix
-onderived from the French word
électronderived from the English word
electronusing the English suffix
-onderived from the English word
electricderived from the Latin word
electricus (electric)
derived from the Latin word
electrum (electrum; amber; electron)
derived from the Greek word
elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)
derived from the Greek word
elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)
derived from the Anglo-Norman word
endosserderived from the Medieval Latin word
indorsareusing the Latin prefix
in- (suffix for no)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ne (not)
derived from the Latin word
dorsum (back; back, range, ridge)
Date
The earliest known usage of endorse in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
endorsation,
endorsee,
endorsed,
endorsingUsage
Word found in Modern English
