Where does “nappyhead” come from?
nappyhead (English) comes from English nappy, from English NAP, from French napper, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
nappyhead (English): The hair of a person of Negro/African descent
Definitions
- The hair of a person of Negro/African descent
Ancestry of “nappyhead”, step by step
nappyhead traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English nappy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nappy | An absorbent garment worn by a baby who does not... |
| 2 | English | NAP | Acronym of non-aggression principle; Acronym of... |
| 3 | French | napper | to cover |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |