## Meanings
1. The last part of a story, film, or event
2. The point or act of something coming to a close
3. The letters added to the end of a word to change its form

## Examples
- The book has a happy ending.
- The president's death marked the ending of an era.
- Spanish verbs have different endings depending on the tense.

## Synonyms
- suffix
- termination

## Derived Forms
- double-ending
- endingless
- never-ending
- world-ending

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ending
- Root: endiende
- Root: *andijōndz
- Root: *andijōną

## Etymology
From Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Ending comes from Middle English ending, endyng, endende, from Old English endiende, from Proto-Germanic *andijōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *andijōną (“to end”), equivalent to end + -ing. In current use, the main senses are “The last part of a story, film, or event” and “The point or act of something coming to a close”.

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