English
headshrink
From head + shrink.
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-Germanic *skrinkwaną ‘to shrink, pull together, shrivel’
Old English sċrincan ‘to shrink’
Middle English schrynken ‘to shrivel up or wrinkle’
English shrink
Today it means
noun A psychiatrist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headshrink