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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

  1. Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name,...

Ancestry of “headed”, 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

Words derived from “headed”

  • bareheaded
  • headedness
  • redheaded
  • hardheaded
  • wrongheaded
  • lightheadedness
  • hotheaded
  • clearheaded
  • pigheaded
  • baldheaded
  • bullheaded
  • towheaded
  • thickheaded
  • coolheaded
  • roundheaded
  • boneheaded
  • wrongheadedness
  • pigheadedness
  • longheaded
  • headedly
  • muddleheaded
  • clearheadedness
  • dunderheaded
  • hardheadedness
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