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Where does “hotheaded” come from?

hotheaded (English) comes from English headed, from English head, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

hotheaded (English): Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or...

Ancestry of “hotheaded”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheadedOf a sheet of paper: having the sender's name,...
2EnglishheadThe part of the body of an animal or human which...
3English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “hotheaded”

  • hotheadedness
  • hotheadedly
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