Etymograph

English

frigatebird

From frigate + bird, a partial calque of translingual Fregata.

A compound of frigate + bird

Italian fregata

French frégate

English frigate

Old English bridd ‘chick’

Middle English bird

English bird

Today it means

noun Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata, the only genus in the family Fregatidae.

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

Etymograph / frigatebird