Where does headhair come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

headhair

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: head-hair
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Meaning

noun

Hair which grows on the head.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[...] breakfasted before dressing, cleaned up; floors swept, dusted, things moved around and, replaced listened to the news on the radio, shaved carefully, going over the white stubble two times. "Funny how my headhair is dark, not one grey hair, you see, and how my beard, if I let it grow is all white. [...]""
"[...] Brothers strut like generals spinning & tangling of hair entanglement of headhairs was among them [...]"
"The midwife shaves the headhair of the child, takes it in a Phumk (vessel of Sal leave) and immerse in the water of Bonga-Pokhri."
"I could see my snipped-to-pieces and differentlengthed ^([sic]) headhair all over her knees."
"If something else (gets in the ear) put the tips of the headhair in the ear as far as possible."

Etymology

From Middle English *heed-heer, from Old English hēafodhǣr (“hair of the head, headhair”), equivalent to head + hair. Cognate with Dutch hoofdhaar (“headhair”), German Haupthaar (“headhair”), Danish hovedhår (“headhair”), Swedish huvudhår (“headhair”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *heed-heer, hēafodhǣr

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

headhairs (plural) head-hair (alternative) head hair (alternative)

Synonyms

fax