English

hairpulling

From hair + pulling.

A compound of hair + pulling

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Today it means

noun The pulling of one's own or another's hair.

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Etymograph / hairpulling

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