myEtymology.com: English etymology of screwhead

Etymology of the English word screwhead

the English word screwhead

derived from the English word screw

derived from the Old French word escroe

derived from the Medieval Latin word scrofa (sow)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sker-

derived from the English word head

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khaubuthan

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

Word found in Modern English