English
heady
Heady comes from Middle English hedi.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hedi
- Englishearliest quotation 1950heady
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hedi
- Englishearliest quotation 1950heady
Earliest quotation: 1950, James Shelton, Lilac Wine: “Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love…”
Formed from head + -y
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
Every English word from Middle English hedi
Today it means
adj Intoxicating or stupefying.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hedi / heady