English
headend
From head + end.
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
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face, forehead, front’
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Proto-Germanic *andijaz ‘end’
Proto-West Germanic *andī ‘end’
Old English ende ‘end’
Middle English ende ‘end’
English end
Today it means
noun A cable TV control center, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headend