Etymograph

English

fringilliform

Fringilliform comes from Latin fringilla ‘finch’, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg- ‘to make a noise, growl, bark’, and ultimately from *bʰer- ‘to drone, hum, buzz’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to drone, hum, buzz’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰereg-‘to make a noise, growl, bark’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfringilla‘finch’
  4. Englishtodayfringilliform

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to drone, hum, buzz’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰereg-‘to make a noise, growl, bark’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfringilla‘finch’
  4. Englishtodayfringilliform

Formed from -iform

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to drone, hum, buzz’

different, offer, bar, difference, birth, reference, transfer, bear, prefer, broad, bread, relative, suffer, translation, relation, relate, burden, barrel, extraordinary, fortune, barn, referendum, translate, fury, differ, baron, frustration, breeze, referee, bark, bore, fertility, borne, fertile, berth, broom, phosphate, extravagant, barrow, embargo, 159 more

Today it means

adj Resembling or relating to the finches.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / fringilliform

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