Etymology

heading

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Today it means: The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof. Full definition →

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

  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 todayheading

From head + -ing.

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