English

headtire

From head + tire.

A compound of head + tire

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 English tēorian ‘to tire, faint, fail, cease’

Middle English tiren ‘to exhaust, tire’

English tire

Today it means

noun A headdress.

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

Etymograph / headtire