English

kingbird

From king + bird.

A compound of king + bird

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

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Proto-Germanic *kuningaz

Proto-West Germanic *kuning

Old English cening

Middle English king ‘king’

English king

Old English bridd ‘chick’

Middle English bird

English bird

Today it means

noun Any of various large insectivorous tyrant-flycatchers of the genus Tyrannus.

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

Etymograph / kingbird