English

fringehead

From fringe + head.

A compound of fringe + head

Latin fimbriae ‘fibers, threads, fringe’

Vulgar Latin *frimbia

Old French frenge

Middle English frenge

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 Any of several fishes of the genus Neoclinus.

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

Etymograph / fringehead