English

featherpate

From feather + pate.

A compound of feather + pate

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’

French pâté

English pate

Today it means

noun A foolish, frivolous person; an airhead.

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

Etymograph / featherpate