Where does “авион” come from?

авион (Bulgarian) comes from French avion, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

авион (Bulgarian): airplane, aeroplane

Definitions

  1. airplane, aeroplane

Ancestry of “авион”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavionaeroplane
2Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →