EuroLex/F/Coiffeur


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: coiffeur - 1. hairdesser, barber

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: word for "hairdresser", from coiffer "to dress hair", from OF coife, originally "inner part of the helmet". A female hairdresser would properly be a coiffeuse.

Sorce: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
The more common German word for Coiffeur  is Friseur/Frisör, which also derived from F. The root is the F verb friser (to curl, to frizz). The (politically correct) female form is Friseurin/Frisörin.

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friseur