English

hairwashing

From hair + washing.

A compound of hair + washing

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Proto-West Germanic *waskingu

Old English *wæsċing//*weasċing

Middle English waschynge//wasshynge//weschynge

Today it means

noun The washing of hair.

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

Etymograph / hairwashing