Where does “auca” come from?

auca (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan auca, from Late Latin auca, from Latin avica, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

auca (Occitan): goose

Definitions

  1. goose

Ancestry of “auca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanauca
2Late Latinaucagoose
3Latinavicabird
4Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
5EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
6Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna