English
garnet-throated hummingbird
garnet + throated + hummingbird
Formed from garnet + throated + hummingbird
Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- ‘to grow old, to mature’
Old French grenate ‘pomegranate (fruit)’
Middle English gernet ‘red, garnet (colour)’
English garnet
Today it means
noun Lamprolaima rhami, a common species of hummingbird found in parts of Middle America.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / garnet-throated hummingbird