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Where does “oue” come from?

oue (Old French) comes from Old French oie, from Vulgar Latin auca, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

oue (Old French): Alternative form of oie

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of oie

Ancestry of “oue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchoiegoose
2Vulgar Latinaucagoose
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals

Words derived from “oue”

  • oison
  • oie
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