Where does “zoizo” come from?

zoizo (Réunion Creole French) comes from French oiseau, from Middle French oyseau, from Old French oisel, from Latin aucellus, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

zoizo (Réunion Creole French): bird

Definitions

  1. bird

Ancestry of “zoizo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoiseaubird
2Middle Frenchoyseaubird
3Old Frenchoiselbird
4Latinaucellusbird; sparrow
5Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
6EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
7Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna