Etymograph

English

high-cheekboner

From high + cheekbone + -er.

Formed from high + cheekbone + -er

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Proto-West Germanic *kākabain ‘cheekbone, jawbone’

Old English ċēacbān

Middle English chekebon

English cheekbone

Today it means

noun Synonym of box checker (“someone who is counted in an organization as representing a minority ethnic group but who is so assimilated into the dominant culture that their ethnic status becomes meaningless”).

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

Etymograph / high-cheekboner