Where does “molehead” come from?
molehead (English) comes from English molé, from English Moll, from English mary, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם.
molehead (English): A stone bulwark forming a haven or harbour; a...
Definitions
- A stone bulwark forming a haven or harbour; a...
Ancestry of “molehead”, step by step
molehead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English molé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | molé | Alternative spelling of mole |
| 2 | English | Moll | A pet name for Mary |
| 3 | English | mary | A male homosexual |
| 4 | French | marie | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Old French | Marie | — |
| 6 | Latin | Marīa | Mary mother of Jesus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | Mary, Maria |
| 8 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 9 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 10 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
via English head
| 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 |