Where does “ave” come from?
ave (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese ave, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
ave (Portuguese): bird; hail; Clipping of ave Maria
Definitions
- bird; hail; Clipping of ave Maria
Ancestry of “ave”, step by step
ave traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Portuguese ave
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | ave | bird; hail |
| 2 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 3 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 4 | Latin | fauna | animals |
via Latin avus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | avus | grandfather; an ancestor, a progenitor, a... |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | abū | river |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ep- | water, body of water |