English

heightpill

From height + pill, after red pill and blue pill.

A compound of height + pill

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

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Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō

Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu

Old English hīehþu ‘highness’

Middle English heighte

Middle Dutch pille

Middle English pille

English pill

Today it means

noun The observation that tall men are more desirable.

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

Etymograph / heightpill