Where does “öxelàsso” come from?
öxelàsso (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian öxéllo, from Latin aucellus, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
öxelàsso (Ligurian): Pejorative of öxéllo
Ancestry of “öxelàsso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ligurian | öxéllo | bird; willy , peter , dick |
| 2 | Latin | aucellus | bird; sparrow |
| 3 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 4 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 5 | Latin | fauna | animals |