Where does “abe” come from?

abe (Mirandese) comes from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

abe (Mirandese): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “abe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
2EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
3Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →
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