English
headshell
From head + shell.
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 *(s)kelH- ‘to cut, split’
Proto-Germanic *skaljō ‘shell, husk’
Proto-West Germanic *skallju
Old English sċiell
Middle English schelle
English shell
Today it means
noun A component of a record player that is attached to the end of a turntable arm. The cartridge is bolted to it.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
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