towhead
English
noun
Definitions
- A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow; the hair of such a person.
- An alluvial deposit in a river, such as a sandbar, or a small island formed from silt, often permanent enough to have vegetation.
Etymology
Suffix from English tow.
Origin
English
tow
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betow English
- heretog English
- tow English
- tow truck English
- towable English
- towage English
- towaway English
- towback English
- towball English
- towboat English
- towee English
- towfish English
- towheaded English
- towline English
- towmaster English
- townet English
- towpath English
- towrope English
- towsack English
- towship English
- towtruck English
- towy English
- undertow English
- wantoe English
- taue Norwegian Bokmål
- toa Portuguese
- towen Middle English