Where does “avian” come from?

Avian comes from English -ian, a suffix derived from Latin -ius, -um, and -us, which trace back through Proto-Italic -os to Proto-Indo-European -ós, ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis meaning bird.

avian (English): Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to...

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to...

Ancestry of “avian”, 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 “avian

Every word from Latin fauna