Where does “circumaviate” come from?
circumaviate (English) comes from English aviate, from English aviator, from French aviateur, from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
circumaviate (English): To fly all the way around (something, usually the Globe, the Earth)
Definitions
- To fly all the way around (something, usually the Globe, the Earth)
Ancestry of “circumaviate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | aviate | To operate an aircraft |
| 2 | English | aviator | An aircraft pilot. The use of the word may imply... |
| 3 | French | aviateur | aviator |
| 4 | French | aviation | aviation |
| 5 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 6 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 7 | Latin | fauna | animals |