Etymology of the English word shoebill
the English word
shoebillderived from the English word
billderived from the English word
bilederived from the French word
bilederived from the Latin word
bilis (bile; gall, bile; wrath)
derived from the Old Norse word
boliderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-derived from the English word
shoederived from the Proto-Germanic root
*skokhazDate
The earliest known usage of shoebill in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
