English
Windross
Blend of Windows + dross, suggesting an inferior product.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks ‘dregs, sediment’
Proto-Germanic *drōhs ‘dregs, sediment’
Old English drōs
Middle English drosse
English dross
Today it means
name Microsoft Windows.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Windross