English
headwards
From head + -wards.
Formed from head + -wards
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
Today it means
adv Toward the head.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / headwards