Etymograph

English

tressed

From tress + -ed.

Formed from tress + -ed

Old French tresce ‘lock of hair’

Middle English tresse ‘braid, tress’

English tress

Today it means

adj Having tresses.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tressed”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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