Morpheme
Poll
Type
free base
Denotation
head, scalp, top, summit
Etymology
Middle English pol, polle; Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle
Evidence
bypoll, poll, pollard, pollarded, pollarding, pollards, polled, polling, polliwog, polls, pollster
Notes
homophone of Pole
“collection of votes” notion developed from “counting heads”
