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Where does “faunlet” come from?

faunlet (English) comes from English faun, from Middle English fawn, from Latin Faunus, from New Latin fauna, from English avifauna, from Latin avis, from Proto-Italic awis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

faunlet (English): A young sexually attractive boy

Definitions

  1. A young sexually attractive boy

Ancestry of “faunlet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfaunA woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and...
2Middle Englishfawnfawn, satyr
3LatinFaunusFaunus
4New Latinfaunaanimals
5EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
6Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
7Proto-Italicawisbird
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
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