Where does “aviation” come from?
Aviation comes from French aviation, derived from Latin avis meaning "bird," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis with the same meaning.
aviation (English): The art or science of making and flying aircraft;...
Definitions
- The art or science of making and flying aircraft;...
Ancestry of “aviation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | aviation | aviation |
| 2 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 3 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 4 | Latin | fauna | animals |
Words derived from “aviation”