Where does “avestruz” come from?

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

avestruz (Galician): ostrich

Definitions

  1. ostrich

Ancestry of “avestruz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianavebird
2Old Portugueseavebird; hail
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →
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