Where does “fawn” come from?

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

fawn (Middle English): fawn, satyr

Definitions

  1. fawn, satyr

Ancestry of “fawn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFaunusFaunus horned god of the forest, plains and fields
2New Latinfaunaanimals
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
5Proto-Italicawisbird
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird

Words derived from “fawn”

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