The story
- Latin · derived fromavis“bird”
- French · borrowed fromaviation
- English todayaviation
Borrowed from French aviation, derived from Latin avis (“bird”). By surface analysis, avi- + -ation.
Words from the same roots
Latinavis all →
avianavifaunaavi-avicolousaviformavine
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.