Etymograph

English

kakabeak

From kaka + beak, from the resemblance to the beak of the bird.

A compound of kaka + beak

Māori kāredup.

Māori kākā ‘a parrot’

English kaka

Latin beccus ‘beak, bill’

Anglo-Norman bec

Middle English bec

English beak

Today it means

noun Any member of the two species of flowering plants in the genus Clianthus.

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

Etymograph / kakabeak