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Where does “avica” come from?

avica (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

Ancestry of “avica”, step by step

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

Words derived from “avica”

  • ocje
  • uoca
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