-HEAD


Meaning of -HEAD in English

a native English suffix meaning "state of being" ( godhead; maidenhead ), occurring in words now mostly archaic or obsolete, many being superseded by forms in -hood .

[ ME -hede, OE * -haedu, f. of -had -HOOD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .