Etymology

beanhead

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Today it means: A person who recreationally uses tablets. Full definition →

English head ← Middle English heed ← Old English hēafod
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰabʰ-?
  2. Proto-Germanic*babnōder.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*baunō
  4. Proto-West Germanic*baunu
  5. Old Englishbēan
  6. Middle Englishbene
  7. Englishbean
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  11. Proto-Germanic*haubudą
  12. Old Englishhēafod
  13. Middle Englishheed
  14. Englishhead
  15. English todaybeanhead

Of sense 1, from bean (“tablet”) + -head.

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