Where does “peruka” come from?

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

peruka (Polish): wig, peruke

Definitions

  1. wig, peruke

Ancestry of “peruka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperruquewig; wig, periwig, peruke
2ItalianperruccaAlternative form of parrucca
3Italianparruccawig

Words derived from “peruka”

Every word from Italian parrucca →