English
stagehead
From stage + head.
Old French ester ‘to be standing, be located’
Old French estage ‘dwelling, position’
Middle English stage ‘the topmost story of a building’
English stage
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 end of the stage (floating platform like a wharf) where fishermen unload their catch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / stagehead