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Where does “clubhead” come from?

Clubhead derives from English club, from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, from Proto-Germanic haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European kauput-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel-.

clubhead (English): The head of a golf club: the part of the club...

Definitions

  1. The head of a golf club: the part of the club...

Ancestry of “clubhead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheadThe part of the body of an animal or human which...
2English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
3Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
4Old English-iġ-y, -ic
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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