English

Whitehead

From white + head.

A compound of white + head

Proto-Indo-European *ḱweydós

Proto-Germanic *hwītaz

Proto-West Germanic *hwīt

Old English hwīt

Middle English whit ‘white’

English white

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.

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

Etymograph / Whitehead