English

headpond

From head + pond.

A compound of head + pond

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

Middle English pond

English pond

Today it means

noun A pond constructed as a headwater for a hydroelectric project.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / headpond