Where does “bexato” come from?
bexato (Galician) comes from Galician ave, from Old Portuguese ave, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
bexato (Galician): buzzard, common buzzard
Definitions
- buzzard, common buzzard
Ancestry of “bexato”, step by step
bexato traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Galician ave
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | ave | bird |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | ave | bird; hail |
| 3 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 4 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 5 | Latin | fauna | animals |
via Galician xato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | xato | male calf; bull |
via Latin būteō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | būteō | A sort of hawk or falcon |