English
Greathead
From great + head, a nickname given to someone with a large head.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- ‘to rub’
Proto-Germanic *grautaz ‘coarse’
Proto-West Germanic *graut
Old English grēat ‘big’
Middle English greet ‘great’
English great
Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘head’
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Proto-Germanic *haubudą ‘head’
Proto-West Germanic *haubud
Old English hēafod ‘head’
Middle English heed ‘head’
English head
Today it means
name A surname transferred from the nickname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Greathead