Where does “headed” come from?
Headed comes from Middle English -ed, Old English hēafod, Proto-Germanic haubudą, Proto-Indo-European kauput-, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European kapōlo.
headed (English): Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name,...
Definitions
- Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name,...
Ancestry of “headed”, step by step
| 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 |