Etymograph

English

softbill

From soft + bill.

A compound of soft + bill

Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) ‘level’

Old English sōfte

Middle English softe ‘soft’

English soft

Medieval Latin bulla ‘seal’

Old French bulle ‘seal’

Anglo-Norman bille

Middle English bille

English bill

Today it means

noun Any of various birds (of no particular taxonomic commonality) that feed on relatively "soft" foods, such as leaves and insects.

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

Etymograph / softbill