English

finchbill

From finch + bill.

A compound of finch + bill

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping-

Proto-Germanic *finkô

Old English finċ ‘a finch’

Middle English fynch

English finch

Medieval Latin bulla ‘seal’

Old French bulle ‘seal’

Anglo-Norman bille

Middle English bille

English bill

Today it means

noun Any of the birds in the genus Spizixos, found in Southeast Asia and China.

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

Etymograph / finchbill