Aves
/ˈeɪviːz/noun
Aves is the class of birds in biological classification.
Did you know?Aves is the modern scientific name for birds, but it comes straight from Latin avis, a word whose ancient root also gave English the rare poetic word “avian.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂éwis
“bird”
Latin
Latin
avis
“bird”
Late Latin
Latin
Aves
“birds, the class of birds”
18th-19th Century
New Latin
Aves
“scientific taxonomic class of birds”
Modern English
English
Aves
“the biological class containing the birds”