'headline' originates from English, specifically the word 'head' combined with 'line', where 'head' meant 'top' and 'line' referred to a row of text.

'headline' changed from the Middle English word 'hedlyne' and eventually became the modern English word 'headline'.

Initially, it meant 'a line at the top of a page', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a title of a news article'.