Where does “avion” come from?

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

Ancestry of “avion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianavionaeroplane, airplane
2Frenchavionaeroplane
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna