Etymology

cokehead

C3O1K5E1H4E1A1D2

Today it means: A cocaine addict. Full definition →

English head ← Middle English heed ← Old English hēafod
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The story

  1. Quechuakuka
  2. Aymarakuka
  3. Spanishcoca
  4. Englishcoca
  5. Englishcocaineclip.
  6. Englishcoke
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  10. Proto-Germanic*haubudą
  11. Old Englishhēafod
  12. Middle Englishheed
  13. Englishhead
  14. English todaycokehead

From coke + -head.

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