Where does “oizeau” come from?
oizeau (Middle French) comes from Old French oisel, from Latin aucellus, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
oizeau (Middle French): bird
Ancestry of “oizeau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | oisel | bird |
| 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 |