English
hirsute
Hirsute comes from Latin hirsūtus ‘shaggy, hairy’, and goes back to hī̆rsus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhī̆rsus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhirsūtus‘shaggy, hairy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1624hirsute
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhī̆rsus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhirsūtus‘shaggy, hairy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1624hirsute
Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, Oxford: “A third eminent cause of iealousie may be this,…”
Every English word from Latin hī̆rsus
Today it means
adj Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hī̆rsus / hirsute