English

shallowpate

From shallow + pate.

A compound of shallow + pate

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- ‘to parch, wither’

Middle English schalowe ‘not deep, shallow’

French pâté

English pate

Today it means

noun One whose thinking is shallow or superficial.

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

Etymograph / shallowpate