Etymograph

English

lightbrained

light + brained

A compound of light + brained

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘to shine’

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Proto-Germanic *leuhtą

Proto-West Germanic *leuht ‘light’

Old English lēoht

Middle English light ‘light, illumination’

English light

Today it means

adj Synonym of light-headed (“thoughtless, frivolous”).

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

Etymograph / lightbrained