Where does “zwazo” come from?
zwazo (Mauritian Creole) comes from French oiseau, from Middle French oyseau, from Old French oisel, from Latin aucellus, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
zwazo (Mauritian Creole): bird
Ancestry of “zwazo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | oiseau | bird |
| 2 | Middle French | oyseau | bird |
| 3 | Old French | oisel | bird |
| 4 | Latin | aucellus | bird; sparrow |
| 5 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 6 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 7 | Latin | fauna | animals |