Where does “uccellaio” come from?

uccellaio (Italian) comes from Italian uccello, from Latin aucellus, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

uccellaio (Italian): bird breeder or seller

Definitions

  1. bird breeder or seller

Ancestry of “uccellaio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianuccellobird
2Latinaucellusbird; sparrow
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna
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