Etymology

showerhead

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Today it means: A perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather, sometimes in adjustable patterns. Full definition →

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

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

From shower + head.

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