English
afterfeather
From after- + feather.
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’
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Proto-Germanic *feþrō
Proto-West Germanic *feþru
Old English feþer
Middle English fethere ‘a wing feather’
English feather
Today it means
noun The downy lower barbs of a feather.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / afterfeather