Where does “avio-” come from?
avio- (Italian) comes from Italian aviazione, from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
avio- (Italian): Denoting connection to aircraft and aerial...
Definitions
- Denoting connection to aircraft and aerial...
Ancestry of “avio-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | aviazione | aviation; air force |
| 2 | French | aviation | aviation |
| 3 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 4 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 5 | Latin | fauna | animals |
Words derived from “avio-”