English
Renthead
From Rent + -head.
Formed from rent + -head
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’
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Late Latin rendere
Early Medieval Latin rendita
Old French rente ‘income’
Middle English rent ‘rent: income’
English rent
Today it means
noun A devoted fan of the musical Rent, originally in reference to those fans that spent a night outside the Nederlander Theatre in order to get $20 tickets to the show.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Renthead