Etymograph

English

flatbill

From flat + bill.

A compound of flat + bill

Proto-Germanic *flataz ‘flat’

Old Norse flatr ‘flat, level’

Middle English flat ‘level’

English flat

Medieval Latin bulla ‘seal’

Old French bulle ‘seal’

Anglo-Norman bille

Middle English bille

English bill

Today it means

noun Any of various tropical primarily olive-green flycatchers, having a wide flat bill, members of the genera Ramphotrigon, Tolmomyias, and Rhynchocyclus.

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

Etymograph / flatbill