Etymograph

English

fody

Fody comes from Malagasy fody.

  1. Malagasymodernfody
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Malagasymodernfody
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008same form

Earliest quotation: 2008, Edward Rothstein, Critters of a Wondrous Isle, Meet Your Friend and Foe: “Only in Madagascar,” the labels proudly proclaim, next to…”

Every English word from Malagasy fody

Today it means

noun Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Foudia in the weaver family Ploceidae.

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