Where does “avosetti” come from?

avosetti (Finnish) comes from Italian avocetta, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

avosetti (Finnish): avocet a bird of the family

Definitions

  1. avocet a bird of the family

Ancestry of “avosetti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianavocettaavocet, properly the pied avocet
2Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna
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