Where does “gavina” come from?

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

gavina (Italian): common gull

Definitions

  1. common gull

Ancestry of “gavina”, 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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