Etymology

trichoclasis

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Today it means: A brittle condition of the hair. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κλάω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκλάω“to break”
  2. English todaytrichoclasis

From tricho- + Ancient Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”).

Words from the same roots

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