English
featherflower
From feather + flower.
A compound of feather + flower
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
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘to thrive, bloom’
Proto-Italic *flōs ‘flower’
Latin flōs ‘flower’
Anglo-Norman flur
Middle English flour ‘a flower’
English flower
Today it means
noun Any of the flowering species of the genus Verticordia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / featherflower