Where does “gaivota” come from?

gaivota (Galician) comes from Latin gāvia — common gull and seagull (any kind of gull, generically a kind of bird).

gaivota (Galician): gull, seagull

Definitions

  1. gull, seagull

Ancestry of “gaivota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingāviacommon gull and seagull (any kind of gull, generically a kind of bird)
Every word from Latin gāvia
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