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
- Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or...
Ancestry of “hotheaded”, step by step
hotheaded traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English headed
| 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 |
via English hot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hot | Having a high temperature; Causing the air to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | hot | hot |
| 3 | Old English | hāt | hot, fervent, fervid, fierce |
| 4 | Old English | hātan | to promise; to command, promise; to command, call... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -an | Added to an adjective to create an adverb; Added... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |