Etymology

barbering

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Today it means: The trade of and practice of shaving and cutting hair. Full definition →

English barber ← Middle English barbour ← Anglo-Norman barbour
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰardʰéh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*farðā
  4. Latinbarba
  5. Old Frenchbarbe
  6. Anglo-Normanbarbour
  7. Middle Englishbarbour
  8. Englishbarber
  9. English todaybarbering

From barber + -ing.

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