English

long-haired

From long + haired.

A compound of long + haired

Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’

Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’

Old English lang ‘long, tall, lasting’

Middle English long

English long

Middle English hered

Today it means

adj Having long, uncut hair on the head.

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

Etymograph / long-haired