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Whitehead (surname)
Whitehead is a surname. Recorded in a number of spellings including Whithead, Whitehed, Whithed, and Whitsed, this surname is of English language, English origins. It usually derives from the Old English pre–7th century word "hwit" meaning white, plus "heafod", a head, combined to form a descriptive nickname for someone with white hair. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Whitehead (born 1980), British swimmer * Adrian Whitehead (born 1975), Australian rules footballer * Agathe Whitehead (1891–1922), British heiress, wife of Georg von Trapp * Alan Whitehead (other), multiple people * Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), British philosopher and mathematician * Alfred Whitehead (1887–1974), English composer, organist, choirmaster and music educator, active in Canada * Mrs. Andrew Whitehead (died 1920), American blizzard victim * Annie Whitehead (born 1955), English jazz trombone player * Axle Whitehead (born 1980), Australian entertainer * Barb Whitehead (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
