English
featherlike
From feather + -like.
A compound of feather + -like
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
adj Having the characteristics of plumage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / featherlike