Where does “авиация” come from?

авиация (Kumyk) comes from Russian авиа́ция, from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

авиация (Kumyk): aviation (the art or science of flying aircraft)

Definitions

  1. aviation (the art or science of flying aircraft)

Ancestry of “авиация”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianавиа́цияaviation
2Frenchaviationaviation
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals
Every word from Latin fauna →Every word from Latin avis →Every word from English avifauna →