Where does “awifauna” come from?
awifauna (Polish) comes from Polish fauna, from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, from Latin Faunus, from Latin faveō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰoweh₁ — to notice.
awifauna (Polish): birdlife, avifauna
Definitions
- birdlife, avifauna
Ancestry of “awifauna”, step by step
awifauna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish fauna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | fauna | fauna |
| 2 | New Latin | fauna | animals |
| 3 | Latin | Fauna | Roman goddess |
| 4 | Latin | Faunus | Faunus horned god of the forest, plains and fields |
| 5 | Latin | faveō | to be favorable, to be well disposed or inclined towards, to favor, promote, befriend, countenance, protect |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰoweh₁ | to notice |