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