Etymology

protofeather

P3R1O1T1O1F4E1A1T1H4E1R1

Today it means: The hypothetical precursors of bird feathers, believed to have been grown by certain dinosaurs. Full definition →

English feather ← Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-) ← Proto-Indo-European *pró
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Ancient Greekπρῶτος (prôtos)
  6. Ancient Greekπρωτο- (prōto-)
  7. Englishproto-
  8. Englishfeather
  9. English todayprotofeather

From proto- + feather.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.