English

helmetcrest

From helmet + crest.

A compound of helmet + crest

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Old French helmet

Middle English helmet ‘a helmet’

Old French creste

Middle English creste

English crest

Today it means

noun Any of various hummingbirds in the species Oxypogon.

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

Etymograph / helmetcrest