Where does “avión” come from?
avión (Spanish) comes from French avion, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.
avión (Spanish): aeroplane, airplane, plane; martin, swallow
Definitions
- aeroplane, airplane, plane; martin, swallow
Ancestry of “avión”, step by step
avión traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French avion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | avion | aeroplane |
| 2 | Latin | avis | a bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of... |
| 3 | English | avifauna | The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting... |
| 4 | Latin | fauna | animals |
via Latin gāvia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | gāvia | common gull and seagull (any kind of gull, generically a kind of bird) |