Etymograph

English

razorbill

From razor + bill.

A compound of razor + bill

Latin rāsus

Vulgar Latin *rāsāre ‘shave’

Old French raser ‘to scrape, to shave’

Old French rasour

Middle English rasour

English razor

Medieval Latin bulla ‘seal’

Old French bulle ‘seal’

Anglo-Norman bille

Middle English bille

English bill

Today it means

noun A large black and white auk of species Alca torda, native to the north Atlantic.

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

Etymograph / razorbill