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Where does “avi-” come from?

avi- (English) comes from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

avi- (English): bird; flight

Definitions

  1. bird; flight

Ancestry of “avi-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “avi-”

  • aviculture
  • avicultural
  • aviculturist
  • avicide
  • aviphile
  • avisodomy
  • avisodomist
  • avivore
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