Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Dandruff

Dandruff (dan"druf) , noun

[Probably from Welsh toncrust, peel, skin + Anglo-Saxon drōf dirty, draffy, or Welsh drwg bad: compare Anglo-Saxon tan a letter, an eruption. r240.]

A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.