English

headbang

From head + bang.

A compound of head + bang

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

Middle English *bangen

English bang

Today it means

verb To engage in headbanging, the vigorous movement of the head in time to music.

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

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