Where does “ahead” come from?
Ahead comes from English head and and, with and deriving from Latin ad- and Latin ad, which trace to Proto-Indo-European h₂epo and al-.
ahead (English): In or to the front; in advance; onward; In the...
Definitions
- In or to the front; in advance; onward; In the...
Ancestry of “ahead”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “ahead”