Where does “peruk” come from?

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

peruk (Turkish): wig

Definitions

  1. wig

Ancestry of “peruk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchperruquewig; wig, periwig, peruke
2ItalianperruccaAlternative form of parrucca
3Italianparruccawig
Every word from Italian parrucca →