Etymograph

English

leafbird

From leaf + bird.

A compound of leaf + bird

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Old English bridd ‘chick’

Middle English bird

English bird

Today it means

noun Any of the genus Chloropsis of small passerine birds, native to India and southeast Asia.

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

Etymograph / leafbird