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Where does “header” come from?

Header derives from English head with the suffix -er, ultimately from Latin -ārius (meaning "one who" or "pertaining to") through Old French -er and Latin -āre.

header (English): The upper portion of a page layout; Text, or...

Definitions

  1. The upper portion of a page layout; Text, or...

Ancestry of “header”, 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 “header”

  • doubleheader
  • subheader
  • headerless
  • tripleheader
  • headered
  • preheader
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