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TressEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Two main origins: * An English surname of unexplained origin. * A surname borrowed from German Tress.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tressEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
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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Is κῆδος derived from κήδω, or is the verb derived from the noun?
LSJ parenthetically links κῆδος with κήδω, whose active and middle-passive senses span distress and care, but the located entry does not fully argue one diachronic direction.
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