Etymograph

English

Fowlerian

From Fowler + -ian.

Formed from Fowler + -ian

Proto-Germanic *fuglaz ‘bird’

Proto-West Germanic *fugl ‘bird’

Proto-West Germanic *fuglārī

Old English fuglere

Middle English foulere ‘a catcher or hunter of wildfowl’

English Fowler

Today it means

adj Of or relating to Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), English lexicographer and commentator on usage of the language.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Fowlerian