English

Roundhead

From round + head, from their short-cropped hairstyle.

A compound of round + head

Old Northern French rount

Middle English round ‘spherical, round’

English round

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

noun A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War (in the 17th century).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Roundhead