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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Aves | Birds, either |
| 2 | Latin | avēs | — |
| 3 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 4 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 5 | Latin | fauna | animals |
via Translingual neo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | neo | — |