Etymology

headscarf

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Today it means: A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons. Full definition →

English scarf ← 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. Englishscarf
  9. English todayheadscarf

From head + scarf.

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