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
- Acronym of alta velocidad española
Ancestry of “AVE”, step by step
AVE traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin avis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 2 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 3 | Latin | fauna | animals |
via Old Spanish ave
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Spanish | ave | — |
| 2 | Latin | ave | second-person singular present imperative of... |
| 3 | Punic | 𐤅𐤇 | — |