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Where does “-hede” come from?

-hede (Middle English) comes from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

-hede (Middle English): Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...

Definitions

  1. Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...

Ancestry of “-hede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-hād-hood
2Proto-West Germanic-haidu—
3Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

Words derived from “-hede”

  • falsehood
  • motherhood
  • womanhood
  • sisterhood
  • bridgehead
  • drumhead
  • maidenhead
  • crackhead
  • roundhead
  • Deadhead
  • pothead
  • towhead
  • cokehead
  • chucklehead
  • hophead
  • Bearhead
  • dopehead
  • metalhead
  • musclehead
  • Parrothead
  • motorhead
  • smackhead
  • acidhead
  • drowsihead
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