ENGLISH ROOT WORD: hair "hair." from Old English hær

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【hair】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "hær." It carries the basic meaning of "hair."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "hair"]

hair ****[303] a thin threadlike growth from the skin of a person or animal
hairdresser **[4174] a person who cuts and shapes hair

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[WORD ROOT]root hair
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] hair
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) hær
[MEANING]root hair

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Old English】 hær hair, a hair

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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hair ★★★★[303] noun from hair
【DEFINITION】 ① a thin threadlike growth from the skin of a person or animal
② a covering or growth of hairs
③ the covering of hairs on a person's head
【pl.】 hairs
【ROOTs】 hair; hair
【Etymology】 《Old English hær》 hair, a hair
【DERIVATIVEs】 haired, hairiness, hairless, hairlike, hairy, hair

hairdresser ★★[4174] noun from hairdresser 〈 hair
【DEFINITION】 ① a person who cuts and shapes hair
② A hairdresser is a person who cuts, colours, and arranges people's hair.
【pl.】 hairdressers
【COMPOSITION】 hair + dresser
【ROOTs】 ⑴ hair; hair ⑵ dress(direct); straight, direct, set straight ⑶ er; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Old English hær》 hair, a hair
【DERIVATIVEs】 hairdressing, hairdresser

Other words containing "hair"; hairbrush, haircut, haircutter, hairdo, hairdressing, haired, hairiness, hairless, hairlike, hairpin, hairtail, hairy, nonhairy

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

hab-, -hib-, habit-, -hibit-
guilt
guard
grow
ground
gross
grad-, gred-, gress-
grav-
grat-, grace
graph-

 

 

 

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