Where does “tresse” come from?

tresse (French) comes from Old French tresce, from Vulgar Latin trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία, from Ancient Greek θρίξ — hair.

tresse (French): tress, braid, plait; first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. tress, braid, plait; first-person singular...

Ancestry of “tresse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrescelock of hair
2Vulgar Latintrichia—
3Ancient Greekτριχίαrope
4Ancient Greekθρίξhair

Words derived from “tresse”

Every word from Ancient Greek θρίξ →Every word from Ancient Greek τριχία →Every word from Vulgar Latin trichia →