Etymology

headset

H4E1A1D2S1E1T1

Today it means: A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone. Full definition →

English set ← Middle English set ← 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. Middle Englishset
  9. Englishset
  10. English todayheadset

From head + set.

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