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
Ancestry of “ave”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | ave | bird; hail |
| 2 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 3 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 4 | Latin | fauna | animals |