Where does “hardheaded” come from?
Hardheaded comes from English hard and English head, with the -ed suffix from Middle English, tracing through Proto-Germanic harduz and Proto-Indo-European kert- meaning to turn or bend.
hardheaded (English): Stubborn; wilful; Realistic; pragmatic
Definitions
- Stubborn; wilful; Realistic; pragmatic
Ancestry of “hardheaded”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | headed | Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name,... |
| 2 | English | head | The part of the body of an animal or human which... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “hardheaded”