English
fernlike
From fern + -like.
A compound of fern + -like
Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH-
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Proto-Germanic *farnaz
Proto-West Germanic *farn
Old English fearn
Middle English fern
English fern
Today it means
adj Resembling a fern.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fernlike