Where does “aviomissile” come from?

aviomissile (Italian) comes from Italian avio-, from Italian aviazione, from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

aviomissile (Italian): air-to-air or air-to-ground missile

Definitions

  1. air-to-air or air-to-ground missile

Ancestry of “aviomissile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianavio-Denoting connection to aircraft and aerial...
2Italianaviazioneaviation; air force
3Frenchaviationaviation
4Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
5EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
6Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →