Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet. · A long lock of hair. · A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo braid or knot hair.
From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.
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