Where does “aviació” come from?
aviació (Catalan) comes from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
aviació (Catalan): aviation; air force
Ancestry of “aviació”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | aviation | aviation |
| 2 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 3 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 4 | Latin | fauna | animals |