English

flameback

From flame + back.

A compound of flame + back

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’

Proto-Italic *flagmā

Latin flamma

Anglo-Norman flaumbe

Middle English flawme ‘a flame’

English flame

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun Synonym of goldenback (“woodpecker”).

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

Etymograph / flameback