Where does “avion” come from?

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

avion (French): aeroplane

Definitions

  1. aeroplane

Ancestry of “avion”, 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 “avion”

Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →