Where does “peruca” come from?

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

peruca (Portuguese): wig

Definitions

  1. wig

Ancestry of “peruca”, step by step

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

Words derived from “peruca”

Every word from Italian parrucca →