Where does “aviorazzo” come from?

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

aviorazzo (Italian): A rocket or flare fired from an aircraft

Definitions

  1. A rocket or flare fired from an aircraft

Ancestry of “aviorazzo”, 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