Where does “hidroavió” come from?

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

hidroavió (Catalan): seaplane

Definitions

  1. seaplane

Ancestry of “hidroavió”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanavióaeroplane, airplane, plane; martin, swallow
2Frenchavionaeroplane
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →