Where does “avgas” come from?
avgas (English) comes from English aviation, from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
avgas (English): gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft
Definitions
- gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft
Ancestry of “avgas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | aviation | The art or science of making and flying aircraft;... |
| 2 | French | aviation | aviation |
| 3 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 4 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 5 | Latin | fauna | animals |