
English word high-end comes from English high, English end
high (English)
(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.. A drug that gives such a high.. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour [...]
end (English)
(ergative) To finish, terminate. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.. (Can we clean up([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary%3ARequests+for+cleanup&action=edit§ion=new&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bend%5D%5D +]) this sense?) The initial or (especially) the terminal point of something in [...]
high-end (English)
Appealing to sophisticated or discerning tastes. Most sophisticated or expensive.