Etymograph

English

headroach

From head + roach.

A compound of head + roach

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

Old Saxon *rūh

Middle Low German roche ‘ray (fish)’

Old French roche ‘rock’

Middle English roche

English roach

Today it means

noun Synonym of roach (“kind of headdress worn by some indigenous peoples of North American”).

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

Etymograph / headroach