Etymology

headrest

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Today it means: The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head. Full definition →

English rest ← Middle English reste ← Old English ræst
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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. Proto-Germanic*rastō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*rastu
  10. Old Englishræst
  11. Middle Englishreste
  12. Englishrest
  13. English todayheadrest

From head + rest.

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