Where does “Neoaves” come from?

Neoaves (Translingual) comes from Translingual Aves, from Latin avēs, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

Neoaves (Translingual): Most modern birds, excluding Anseriformes (eg, ducks) and Galliformes (eg, chickens) and Paleognathae (eg, ostriches, rheas)

Definitions

  1. Most modern birds, excluding Anseriformes (eg, ducks) and Galliformes (eg, chickens) and Paleognathae (eg, ostriches, rheas)

Ancestry of “Neoaves”, step by step

Neoaves traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Translingual Aves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualAvesBirds, either
2Latinavēs
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals

via Translingual neo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualneo
Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna
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