English
head-hop
From head + hop.
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
Proto-Indo-European *kewb- ‘to bend’
Proto-Germanic *huppōną ‘to hop’
Proto-West Germanic *huppōn
Old English hoppian ‘to hop’
Middle English hoppen
English hop
Today it means
verb In writing fiction, to switch suddenly from one character's perspective to another's, disrupting the flow of the story.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / head-hop