Where does “ôca” come from?

ôca (Franco-Provençal) comes from Vulgar Latin auca, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

ôca (Franco-Provençal): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “ôca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinaucagoose
2Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →