Aviation Terms
- PostEagle
- October 9, 2016
- Word Etymology
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We have watched birds and learned much from their flight. The military has developed supersonic jets that no bird can match for speed. However, there are many things about birds that scientists are studying to better develop aviation.
The following aviation terms come from Latin and are not known by birds:
AVIATION – (L) AVIS – BIRD
ACCELEROMETER – (L) AD – TO + CELER – SPEED + METER – MEASURE
AILERON – (L) ALA – WING
AIRPLANE – (L) AER – AIR + PLANUS – LEVEL
AVIATOR – (L) AVIS + TOR – MALE BIRD
AVIATRIX – (L) AVIS + TRIX – FEMALE BIRD
COMPASS – (L) CUM- WITH + PASSUS – STEP
CONTACT – (L) CUM – WITH, TOGETHER + TANGO, TANGERE – TO TOUCH
INTERCEPTOR – (L) INTER – BETWEEN + CAPIO, CAPERE – TO SEIZE
JET – (L) JACIO, JACERE – TO HURL, TO THROW
MOTOR – (L) MOVEO, MOVERE – TO MOVE
PROPELLER – (L) PRO – FORWARD + PELLO, PELLERE – TO DRIVE
RETRACTABLE – (L) RE- BACKWARDS + TRAHO, TRA HERE – TO DRAG
STABILIZER – (L) STO, STARE – TO STAND
SUPERSONIC – (L) SUPER – ABOVE, BEYOND + SONUS – SOUND
TURBO – PROP (L) TURBO, TURBERE – TO ROUGHEN + PELLO, PELLERE – TO DRIVE
VISIBILITY – (L) VIDEO, VIDERE – TO SEE