Where does “Faunus” come from?

Faunus (Latin) comes from New Latin fauna, from English avifauna, from Latin avis, from Proto-Italic awis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

Faunus (Latin): Faunus horned god of the forest, plains and fields

Definitions

  1. Faunus horned god of the forest, plains and fields

Ancestry of “Faunus”, step by step

Faunus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via New Latin fauna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinfaunaanimals
2EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4Proto-Italicawisbird
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird

via Latin faveō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaveōto be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰoweh₁to notice

Words derived from “Faunus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis →Every word from Proto-Italic awis →Every word from English avifauna →