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Where does “perruque” come from?

perruque (French) comes from Italian perrucca, from Italian parrucca — wig.

perruque (French): wig; wig, periwig, peruke

Definitions

  1. wig; wig, periwig, peruke

Ancestry of “perruque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianperruccaAlternative form of parrucca
2Italianparruccawig

Words derived from “perruque”

  • wig
  • periwig
  • peruke
  • wigging
  • bigwig
  • wigmaker
  • periwigged
  • wigger
  • wigless
  • wiggery
  • peruked
  • tiewig
  • wiglet
  • wiglike
  • wigman
  • bewig
  • smallwig
  • unwig
  • perruque
  • demiwig
  • peluquero
  • peluquín
  • peluquería
  • peluca
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