Where does “avíape” come from?
avíape (Spanish) comes from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.
avíape (Spanish): hummingbird; The bee hummingbird, a species of...
Definitions
- hummingbird; The bee hummingbird, a species of...
Ancestry of “avíape”, step by step
avíape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Apis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 3 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 4 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
via Latin avis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 2 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 3 | Latin | fauna | animals |