English
haired
Haired comes from Middle English hered.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hered
- Englishearliest quotation 1818haired
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hered
- Englishearliest quotation 1818haired
Earliest quotation: 1818, Jane Austen: “He had never walked anywhere arm-in-arm with Colonel Wallis…”
Formed from hair + -ed
Every English word from Middle English hered
Today it means
adj Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hered / haired