Where does “avión” come from?

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

avión (Zoogocho Zapotec): airplane, aeroplane

Definitions

  1. airplane, aeroplane

Ancestry of “avión”, 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
Every word from Latin faunaEvery word from Latin avisEvery word from English avifauna