English
headlessness
From headless + -ness.
A compound of headless + -ness
Proto-Germanic *haubidą
Proto-West Germanic *haubid ‘head’
Proto-West Germanic *haubidalaus
Old English hēafodlēas
Middle English heedles
English headless
Today it means
noun The state of being headless.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headlessness