Where does “авианалёт” come from?
авианалёт (Russian) comes from Russian авиа-, from Russian авиа́ция, from French aviation, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
авианалёт (Russian): airstrike, air raid, aerial attack
Definitions
- airstrike, air raid, aerial attack
Ancestry of “авианалёт”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | авиа- | air-, aero- |
| 2 | Russian | авиа́ция | — |
| 3 | French | aviation | aviation |
| 4 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 5 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 6 | Latin | fauna | animals |