Where does “aviate” come from?
aviate (English) comes from English aviator, from French aviateur, from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
aviate (English): To operate an aircraft
Ancestry of “aviate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | aviator | An aircraft pilot. The use of the word may imply... |
| 2 | French | aviateur | aviator |
| 3 | French | aviation | aviation |
| 4 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 5 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 6 | Latin | fauna | animals |