Where does “oison” come from?
oison (French) comes from French oie, from Old French oie, from Vulgar Latin auca, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
oison (French): gosling
Ancestry of “oison”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | oie | goose; first-person singular present subjunctive... |
| 2 | Old French | oie | goose |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | auca | goose |
| 4 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 5 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 6 | Latin | fauna | animals |