Etymograph

English

headage

From head + -age.

Formed from head + -age

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 The number of stock animals on a farm (for example, how many head of cattle).

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

Etymograph / headage