Meaning

noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

noun a single domestic animal

noun that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head From Middle English efd, had, hafd, heafd, hed, heed, hefet, heid, het, hevd, heved, hevid, hiede, hæfd, hæfedd, from Old English hēafod (“head; top; leader; origin”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from…

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