Where does “avocette” come from?

avocette (Italian) comes from Italian avocetta, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

avocette (Italian): plural of avocetta

Definitions

  1. plural of avocetta

Ancestry of “avocette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianavocettaavocet, properly the pied avocet
2Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →