Where does “facial hair” come from?
facial hair (English) comes from English hair, from Middle English her, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
facial hair (English): Hair on the face of a human, such as the eyebrows...
Definitions
- Hair on the face of a human, such as the eyebrows...
Ancestry of “facial hair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hair | A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from... |
| 2 | Middle English | her | a hair; hair; pelt, hide, animal skin |
| 3 | Old English | hēr | at this place |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | — |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |