Where does “abhóiséad” come from?
abhóiséad (Irish) comes from English avocet, from French avocette, from Italian avocetta, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
abhóiséad (Irish): avocet
Definitions
- avocet
Ancestry of “abhóiséad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avocet | Any of four species of wading birds in the genus... |
| 2 | French | avocette | avocet |
| 3 | Italian | avocetta | avocet, properly the pied avocet |
| 4 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 5 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 6 | Latin | fauna | animals |