Where does “ave” come from?

ave (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese ave, from Old Portuguese ave, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

ave (Kabuverdianu): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “ave”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseavebird; hail; Clipping of ave Maria
2Old Portugueseavebird; hail
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals
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