Where does “aviatrice” come from?

aviatrice (French) comes from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

aviatrice (French): female equivalent of aviateur

Definitions

  1. female equivalent of aviateur

Ancestry of “aviatrice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaviationaviation
2Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna