Crine
/kraɪn/noun
A rare or obsolete noun meaning hair, especially human hair.
Did you know?Crine survives mainly in technical and poetic vocabulary, including words describing hair-like coverings or structures in biology.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ker-
“A reconstructed root associated with the head, hair, or horn; its connection to Latin crinis is traditionally proposed but not completely certain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
crīnis
“Hair, a lock of hair, or the hair of the head.”
Late Latin
Latin
crinis
“Hair; a strand or tress, continuing the classical sense.”
Middle English
English
crine
“Hair or a lock of hair; an uncommon learned borrowing.”
Modern English
English
crine
“A rare, obsolete, or technical word for hair.”