PERUKE  , an artificial See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, a See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig . The word is from Fr. perruque, an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Ital. perruca or parrucca . This is usually taken to be from Ital. pelo, hair; See also:

• LAT

Lat. piles . Span. peluca, wig, and Sardinian pilucca, See also:

• LOCK (from the O. Eng. loc.; the word appears, in different forms, in many Teutonic languages, but with such various meanings as " hole," Ger. Loch, " lid," Swed. lock, &c.; probably the original was a root meaning " to enclose ")
• LOCK, MATTHIAS

lock or tuft of hair, support this view . In the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the See also:

• ENGLISH

English forms which the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word took, such as perruck or perug, were corrupted into perwyke, and thence into perewyk, perewig, and lastly " periwig," which again was shortened into " wig," the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TERM

term for all types of artificial heads of hair . Periwig is sometimes confined to the heavy full-bottomed wigs worn from the reign of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. to the introduction of the See also:

• LIGHT

light, tailed wig of the 18th century .