Where does “oiseau” come from?

oiseau (French) comes from Middle French oyseau, from Old French oisel, from Latin aucellus, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

oiseau (French): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “oiseau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchoyseaubird
2Old Frenchoiselbird
3Latinaucellusbird; sparrow
4Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
5EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
6Latinfaunaanimals

Words derived from “oiseau

Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna