English
greenlet
From green + -let.
Formed from green + -let
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’
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Proto-Germanic *grōniz
Proto-West Germanic *grōnī
Old English grēne
Middle English grene
English green
Today it means
noun Any of various birds in the genus Hylophilus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / greenlet