English
Riverhead
Compound of river + head.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- ‘to scratch, tear’
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Latin rīpārius ‘of a riverbank’
Early Medieval Latin rīpāria ‘littoral, riverbank’
Anglo-Norman riviere
Middle English ryver ‘a river’
English river
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 village and civil parish near Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5156).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Riverhead