Etymology

skinhead

skin·head
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Today it means: Someone with a shaved head. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kenH-
  2. Proto-Germanic*skinþą
  3. Middle Englishskyn
  4. Englishskin
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  8. Proto-Germanic*haubudą
  9. Old Englishhēafod
  10. Middle Englishheed
  11. Englishhead
  12. English todayskinhead

From skin + head.

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