English
headstrap
From head + strap.
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
Ancient Greek στρέφω ‘to twist’
Ancient Greek στρόφος ‘rope’
Latin stroppus
Old English strop ‘a band, thong, strap’
Middle English strope
English strap
Today it means
noun A strap that holds something onto the head.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headstrap