Where does “avifaună” come from?
avifaună (Romanian) comes from Romanian faună, from French faune, from Middle French faune, from Latin Faunus, from New Latin fauna, from English avifauna, from Latin avis, from Proto-Italic awis — bird.
avifaună (Romanian): avifauna
Definitions
- avifauna
Ancestry of “avifaună”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | faună | fauna |
| 2 | French | faune | faun; tree grayling; fauna, wildlife |
| 3 | Middle French | faune | — |
| 4 | Latin | Faunus | Faunus horned god of the forest, plains and fields |
| 5 | New Latin | fauna | animals |
| 6 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 7 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | awis | bird |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éwis | bird |