Etymograph

English

hoarheaded

From hoar + headed.

A compound of hoar + headed

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- ‘grey, dark’

Proto-Germanic *hairaz ‘grey’

Proto-West Germanic *hair ‘gray, gray-haired’

Old English hār ‘hoar, hoary, grey, old’

Middle English hor ‘Grey, greyish, grey-white’

English hoar

Today it means

adj Having gray hair from old age.

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

Etymograph / hoarheaded