Where does “ave” come from?

ave (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese ave, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

ave (Galician): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “ave”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseavebird; hail
2Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinfaunaanimals

Words derived from “ave

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