Etymology

headed

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Today it means: Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top. Full definition →

English head ← Middle English heed ← Old English hēafod
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headed · adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  4. Proto-Germanic*haubudą
  5. Old Englishhēafod
  6. Middle Englishheed
  7. Englishhead
  8. English todayheaded

From head (“noun”) + -ed.

headed · verb, adjective2

See head (verb).

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