English

figbird

From fig + bird.

A compound of fig + bird

Latin fīcus ‘fig tree’

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Old Occitan figa ‘fig (fruit)’

Old French figue ‘fig (fruit)’

Anglo-Norman figue

Middle English fige ‘a fig tree’

English fig

Old English bridd ‘chick’

Middle English bird

English bird

Today it means

noun Any of several frugivorous birds, of the genus Sphecotheres, from Australia.

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