'Aviation' is a word borrowed from French 'aviation'. The word entered the English language some time around 1866.
aviation [noun] [1866]
- the operation of heavier-than-air aircraft
- military airplanes
- airplane manufacture, development, and design
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Etymology: French, from Latin 'avis'
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