Where does “dreadhead” come from?
dreadhead (English) comes from English dreads, from English dreadlocks, from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks, from Jamaican Creole dread, from English dread, from Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan, from Old English ondrǣdan — on, onto.
dreadhead (English): A person with dreadlocks
Definitions
- A person with dreadlocks
Ancestry of “dreadhead”, step by step
dreadhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dreads
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dreads | dreadlocks; A Rastafarian person; Third-person... |
| 2 | English | dreadlocks | A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in... |
| 3 | Jamaican Creole | dreadlocks | — |
| 4 | Jamaican Creole | dread | — |
| 5 | English | dread | To fear greatly; To anticipate with fear; To be... |
| 6 | Middle English | dreden | To fear or dread |
| 7 | Old English | drǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 8 | Old English | ondrǣdan | to fear, dread |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | andarādan | to be afraid, fear; to be in awe |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; in return, back; facing,... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | anda- | against, opposing; un-, de- |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via English head
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |