Etymology

avi-

Today it means: bird Full definition →

Latin avis ← Proto-Italic *awis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwis
  3. Proto-Italic*awis
  4. Latinavis
  5. English todayavi-

Borrowed from Latin avis (“bird”).

Words from the same roots

Latinavis all →

aviationavianavifaunaavicolousaviformavine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.