The story
- Latin · derived fromFaunus“god of herdsmen”
- Latin · derived fromavis“bird”
- English todayavifauna
From New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”).
Words from the same roots
Latinavis all →
aviationavianavi-avicolousaviformavine
LatinFaunus all →
faunfaunus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.