Words that come from Proto-Italic “awis”

200 words across 52 languages descend from Proto-Italic awis — including aviation, avian, ostrich, aviator, aviary, avifauna, oka, aviatrix.

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English (34)

Italian (23)

French (15)

Spanish (14)

Latin (12)

Portuguese (8)

Catalan (7)

Translingual (6)

Galician (5)

Ido (5)

Ligurian (5)

Tagalog (4)

Middle English (4)

Old French (4)

Romansch (3)

Romanian (3)

Vulgar Latin (3)

Friulian (2)

Irish (2)

Old Occitan (2)

Hiligaynon (2)

Seychellois Creole (2)

Dutch (2)

Norman (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Mauritian Creole (2)

Late Latin (2)

Dalmatian (1)

Aragonese (1)

Interlingua (1)

Mirandese (1)

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Sicilian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Bulgarian (1)

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Polish (1)

Japanese (1)

Venetian (1)

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Middle French (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Istriot (1)

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Umbrian (1)

Asturian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Classical Latin (1)

Ladino (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Occitan (1)

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