Where does “auca” come from?

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

Ancestry of “auca”, step by step

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

Words derived from “auca

Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna
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