Toupee Definition
Other Word Forms of Toupee
Noun
Origin of Toupee
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1727, from French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock"), from Middle French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock"), from Old French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock"), diminutive of toupe, top (“tuft of hair"), from Frankish *topp (“summit, crest, tuft of hair"), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“summit, crest, tuft of hair"). Cognate with Old Dutch topp (“top") (Dutch top), Old Frisian top (“summit, crest, tuft of hair"), Old English top (“summit, crest, tuft of hair"), Old High German zopf (“end, summit, tuft of hair"), Old Norse toppr (“tuft of hair, forelock"). More at top.
From Wiktionary
French toupet diminutive of Old French toupe tuft of hair from Frankish top
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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