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How do you parse “hair do”
How do you write the short form of “you all”?“How be you” or “How are you”?How do you say to “connect nails with heads”?How should I parse the name of the UK?Why doesn't English have a separate word for “head hair”? (head hair vs. body hair)origin of the idiom “hair-raising”“Oh, no you di'int!”What does “Now you see me, now you don't,” mean, and where did it originate?Why does “tar” mean “thank you”?How did “fare-thee-well” come to mean “perfectly well”?
Is "do" understood as a noun or verb in "hair do"?
Asking this in search of "to make do".
Bonus points if it can be related to German Tolle "tuft [of hair], that thing that Elvis had on his head", itself of obscure origin, surely under influence of toll "wild, great, fun". En. dole doesn't seem to be a bad fit, either, as general as it's cognates are (portion, piece, divide).
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Is "do" understood as a noun or verb in "hair do"?
Asking this in search of "to make do".
Bonus points if it can be related to German Tolle "tuft [of hair], that thing that Elvis had on his head", itself of obscure origin, surely under influence of toll "wild, great, fun". En. dole doesn't seem to be a bad fit, either, as general as it's cognates are (portion, piece, divide).
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The phrase comes from the idiom do one's hair, which means to wash, brush, cut, and/or style (women's) hair_, often in a particular fashion. Any of these variations came to be called a "hairdo" (aka hair-do and hair do). So the ultimate source of the do isACTdo from do your hair. I wouldn't parse do here at all; it's just the last syllable of the noun hairdo.
– John Lawler
1 hour ago
Consider "do" to be a noun, in this sense. There are a few other contexts where "do" is a noun, as in "We're having a do (party) for Sandra."
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
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Is "do" understood as a noun or verb in "hair do"?
Asking this in search of "to make do".
Bonus points if it can be related to German Tolle "tuft [of hair], that thing that Elvis had on his head", itself of obscure origin, surely under influence of toll "wild, great, fun". En. dole doesn't seem to be a bad fit, either, as general as it's cognates are (portion, piece, divide).
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Is "do" understood as a noun or verb in "hair do"?
Asking this in search of "to make do".
Bonus points if it can be related to German Tolle "tuft [of hair], that thing that Elvis had on his head", itself of obscure origin, surely under influence of toll "wild, great, fun". En. dole doesn't seem to be a bad fit, either, as general as it's cognates are (portion, piece, divide).
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The phrase comes from the idiom do one's hair, which means to wash, brush, cut, and/or style (women's) hair_, often in a particular fashion. Any of these variations came to be called a "hairdo" (aka hair-do and hair do). So the ultimate source of the do isACTdo from do your hair. I wouldn't parse do here at all; it's just the last syllable of the noun hairdo.
– John Lawler
1 hour ago
Consider "do" to be a noun, in this sense. There are a few other contexts where "do" is a noun, as in "We're having a do (party) for Sandra."
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
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The phrase comes from the idiom do one's hair, which means to wash, brush, cut, and/or style (women's) hair_, often in a particular fashion. Any of these variations came to be called a "hairdo" (aka hair-do and hair do). So the ultimate source of the do isACTdo from do your hair. I wouldn't parse do here at all; it's just the last syllable of the noun hairdo.
– John Lawler
1 hour ago
Consider "do" to be a noun, in this sense. There are a few other contexts where "do" is a noun, as in "We're having a do (party) for Sandra."
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
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The phrase comes from the idiom do one's hair, which means to wash, brush, cut, and/or style (women's) hair_, often in a particular fashion. Any of these variations came to be called a "hairdo" (aka hair-do and hair do). So the ultimate source of the do is
ACT do from do your hair. I wouldn't parse do here at all; it's just the last syllable of the noun hairdo.– John Lawler
1 hour ago
The phrase comes from the idiom do one's hair, which means to wash, brush, cut, and/or style (women's) hair_, often in a particular fashion. Any of these variations came to be called a "hairdo" (aka hair-do and hair do). So the ultimate source of the do is
ACT do from do your hair. I wouldn't parse do here at all; it's just the last syllable of the noun hairdo.– John Lawler
1 hour ago
Consider "do" to be a noun, in this sense. There are a few other contexts where "do" is a noun, as in "We're having a do (party) for Sandra."
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
Consider "do" to be a noun, in this sense. There are a few other contexts where "do" is a noun, as in "We're having a do (party) for Sandra."
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago
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The phrase comes from the idiom do one's hair, which means to wash, brush, cut, and/or style (women's) hair_, often in a particular fashion. Any of these variations came to be called a "hairdo" (aka hair-do and hair do). So the ultimate source of the do is
ACTdo from do your hair. I wouldn't parse do here at all; it's just the last syllable of the noun hairdo.– John Lawler
1 hour ago
Consider "do" to be a noun, in this sense. There are a few other contexts where "do" is a noun, as in "We're having a do (party) for Sandra."
– Hot Licks
3 mins ago