Where does “sèche-cheveux” come from?
sèche-cheveux (French) comes from French cheveu, from Middle French cheveu, from Old French cheveu, from Old French chevel, from Latin capillus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
sèche-cheveux (French): hairdryer
Definitions
- hairdryer
Ancestry of “sèche-cheveux”, step by step
sèche-cheveux traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French cheveu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cheveu | a headhair |
| 2 | Middle French | cheveu | a hair |
| 3 | Old French | cheveu | a hair |
| 4 | Old French | chevel | hair |
| 5 | Latin | capillus | a hair; hair; a head of hair: locks, tresses |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |