Etymology

avian

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Today it means: Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures. Full definition →

Latin avis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromavis“bird”
  2. English todayavian

From Latin avis (“bird”) + -ian.

Words from the same roots

Latinavis all →

aviationavifaunaavi-avicolousaviformavine

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.