English

hairbreadth

From hair + breadth.

A compound of hair + breadth

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Middle English brede

Middle English bredthe

English breadth

Today it means

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Etymograph / hairbreadth

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