Etymograph

English

fiddleheaded

From fiddle + headed.

A compound of fiddle + headed

Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ

Proto-West Germanic *fiþulā

Old English *fiþele ‘fiddle or violin’

Middle English fithele ‘a string instrument played with a bow’

English fiddle

Today it means

adj Having confused or foolish notions.

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

Etymograph / fiddleheaded