Etymograph

English

headdesk

From head + desk.

A compound of head + desk

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 discus ‘discus, quoit’

Old Italian desco

Medieval Latin desca

Middle English deske

English desk

Today it means

intj Used to express frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.

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

Etymograph / headdesk