English
hindhead
From hind + head.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’
Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’
Middle English hinde
English hind
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
noun The rear part of the head.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hindhead