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Where does “avió” come from?

avió (Catalan) comes from French avion, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

avió (Catalan): aeroplane, airplane, plane; martin, swallow

Definitions

  1. aeroplane, airplane, plane; martin, swallow

Ancestry of “avió”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchavionaeroplane
2Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinfaunaanimals

Words derived from “avió”

  • hidroavió
  • portaavions
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