Where does “portaaviones” come from?

portaaviones (Spanish) comes from Spanish portar, from Old Spanish portar, from Latin portāre, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

portaaviones (Spanish): aircraft carrier

Definitions

  1. aircraft carrier

Ancestry of “portaaviones”, step by step

portaaviones traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish portar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishportarto bear, to carry; to behave, to be good
2Old Spanishportar—
3Latinportāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Spanish avión

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin portāre →