English
headstamp
From head + stamp.
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-West Germanic *stampijan ‘to stamp’
Old English stempan ‘to stamp or stomp’
Old English *stampian
Middle English stampen ‘to pound, crush’
English stamp
Today it means
noun The identification marking on the base (bottom) of a cartridge casing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headstamp