Where does “portaavions” come from?

portaavions (Catalan) comes from Catalan portar, from Old Occitan portar, from Latin portō, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

portaavions (Catalan): aircraft carrier

Definitions

  1. aircraft carrier

Ancestry of “portaavions”, step by step

portaavions traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan portar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanportarto carry; to bring; to wear
2Old Occitanportar—
3Latinportōto carry, bear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Catalan avió

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 Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin portō →