English
headpole
From head + pole.
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 pālus ‘stake, pale, prop, stay’
Proto-West Germanic *pālu ‘pole, stake’
Proto-West Germanic *pāl
Old English pāl ‘a pole, stake, post’
Middle English pole ‘pole, stake, staff’
English pole
Today it means
noun The broad end of a lanceolate diatom.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headpole