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Where does “avioncito” come from?

avioncito (Spanish) comes from Spanish avión, from French avion, from Latin avis, from English avifauna, from Latin fauna — animals.

avioncito (Spanish): Diminutive of avión; small plane

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of avión; small plane

Ancestry of “avioncito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishaviónaeroplane, airplane, plane; martin, swallow
2Frenchavionaeroplane
3Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
4EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
5Latinfaunaanimals
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