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endure

/endˈjʊə/end-YUUR
/ɛndˈjʊɹ/end-YUUR

Meaningto harden; to last

Common meaning: to bear

Other meanings: to last

‘in, into’ + ‘hard’ → endure

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TAR‘tremble’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 133, p. 734 · scan
  2. Latindūrus; dūrō‘hard’
  3. Frenchendurer
  4. Middle Englishendurensource
  5. Englishendure‘to bear’ · today

en- also in: enjoyenvoyenergyenzymeenclose

dur also in: duressduringdurableduration

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin dūrus; dūrō ‘hard; to last’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry dūrus, p. 621 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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