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aviation (n.)
1866, from French
aviation
, noun of action from stem of Latin
avis
"bird" (see
aviary
). Coined 1863 by French aviation pioneer Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de La Landelle (1812-1886) in
"Aviation ou Navigation aérienne."
