English
Godhead
Godhead comes from Middle English Godhede.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Godhede
- Englishearliest quotation 1847Godhead
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Godhede
- Englishearliest quotation 1847Godhead
Earliest quotation: 1847, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody: “House and tenant go to ground, / Lost in…”
Formed from God + -head ‘-hood’
Proto-Germanic *gudą ‘god, deity’
Proto-West Germanic *god ‘god, deity’
Old English god ‘god’
Middle English god
English God
Every English word from Middle English Godhede
Today it means
name The Trinity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Godhede / Godhead