myEtymology.com: English etymology of hairdressing

Etymology of the English word hairdressing

the English word hairdressing

derived from the English word hair

derived from the English word her

derived from the English word hire

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khurja

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

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *khæran

derived from the English word dressing

derived from the English word dress

derived from the Old French word drecier

derived from the Latin root *directiare

derived from the Latin word directus (person given rights by direct procedure; steep; level; open; straight, not curved; moving straight forward; vertical, upright, perpendicular)

derived from the Latin word dirigere (arrange, set in line, direction; direct , turn; mark, fix; demarcate; point; direct)

derived from the New Latin word di-

derived from the Greek word di-, δι-, δί-

derived from the Greek word dis, δίς (double; twice)

derived from the Latin word rigere (be stiff or numb; stand on end; be solidified)

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

using the English suffix -ing

Usage

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