A compound of head + wrap
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-Indo-European *werb- ‘to bend, turn’
Proto-Germanic *wrappaną ‘to wrap’
Old English *wrappan
Middle English wrappen ‘to wrap, fold’
English wrap
Today it means
noun An article of headwear in the form of a piece of cloth of any convenient shape, such as a scarf, a strip, a triangle, or a square, variously secured, typically by knotting.
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Etymograph / headwrap
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