English Explanatory Dictionary

avi-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. bird
  2. flight

Word forms

avi-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Italic *awis Latin avisbor. English avi- Borrowed from Latin avis (“bird”).

Synonyms

ornitho-
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