English

hairfall

From hair + fall.

A compound of hair + fall

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- ‘to collapse’

Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‘to fall’

Proto-West Germanic *fallan ‘to fall’

Old English feallan ‘to fall’

Middle English fallen ‘to fall’

English fall

Today it means

noun hair loss; the visible falling out of hair.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hairfall