Where does “aviación” come from?

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

aviación (Galician): aviation

Definitions

  1. aviation

Ancestry of “aviación”, 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 fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →