English

hairmonger

From hair + monger.

Formed from hair + monger

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Latin mangō ‘dealer, trader’

Proto-West Germanic *mangārī ‘dealer, merchant, monger’

Old English mangere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Middle English mongere ‘dealer, merchant, trader’

Today it means

noun One who traded in hair for stuffing cushions, etc.

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

Etymograph / hairmonger