Etymograph

English

head rag

From head + rag.

A compound of head + rag

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-Germanic *rawwa-

Old Norse rǫgg ‘tuft’

Old English ragg

Middle English ragge ‘rag, cloth scrap’

English rag

Today it means

noun A head covering comprising a piece of cloth wound around the head and knotted in the front, often associated with African American women.

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

Etymograph / head rag