English
headectomy
From head + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).
Formed from head + -ectomy ‘surgical removal’
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 surgical removal of the head.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headectomy