Etymology

pinfeathered

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Today it means: Having some or all of the feathers not fully or imperfectly developed. Full definition →

English feathered ← Middle English pinne ← Old English pinn
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*pinnaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*pinn
  3. Old Englishpinn
  4. Middle Englishpinne
  5. Englishpin
  6. Englishfeathered
  7. English todaypinfeathered

From pin + feathered.

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