English

headcarry

From head + carry.

A compound of head + carry

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

Latin carrus ‘four-wheeled baggage wagon’

Anglo-Norman carier

Middle English carien ‘to transport’

English carry

Today it means

verb To carry on one’s head.

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

Etymograph / headcarry