English

hairlore

From hair + lore.

A compound of hair + lore

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘to trace, to track’

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Proto-Germanic *laizō ‘teaching’

Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu

Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’

Middle English lore ‘Education or teaching’

English lore

Today it means

noun Knowledge about hair; hair folklore.

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

Etymograph / hairlore