Where does “uccellone” come from?

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

uccellone (Italian): big bird; big cock

Definitions

  1. big bird; big cock

Ancestry of “uccellone”, 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 fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →