- aviation, etc.);
auceps "bird-catcher; fowler; eavesdropper"; LL avicellus,
aucellus "little bird" > Fre oiseau; avispex, later,
auspex "augur (from watching...
- on CL
initium 'beginning'. bird avis Cat. au, Sp. ave, Pt. ave, Srd. ae
aucellus Fr. oiseau, Occ. aucèl, Cat. ocell, It.
uccello Diminutive of avis. p****arus...
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Portuguese orelha, etc.); avis "bird" >
avicellus (orig. "chick, nestling") >
aucellu (Occitan aucèl,
Friulian ucel,
Neapolitan auciello, etc.);
caput "head"...
