haupt-

Signification

head, chief, main, principal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/haʊ̯pt-/

Étymologie

From Middle High German houbet-, from Old High German houbit-, from Proto-West Germanic *haubida-, derived from the noun *haubid (“head”) (whence German Haupt). Cognate with Dutch hoofd- and Old English hēafod-. More at Haupt.