English
headlit
From head + lit.
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 *wel- ‘to see’
Proto-Germanic *wlitiz ‘countenance, face’
Old Norse litr ‘colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance’
Middle English lit
English lit
Today it means
adj lit by headlights
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headlit