Etymograph

English

madbrained

From mad + brained.

A compound of mad + brained

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- ‘to change’

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Proto-Germanic *maidijaną ‘to change’

Old English *mǣdan

Old English ġemǣdan

Middle English mad

English mad

Today it means

adj madcap; crazy

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

Etymograph / madbrained