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Where does “AVE” come from?

AVE (Spanish) comes from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

AVE (Spanish): Acronym of alta velocidad española

Definitions

  1. Acronym of alta velocidad española

Ancestry of “AVE”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
2EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
3Latinfaunaanimals
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